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UNINA9910457373203321 |
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Autore |
Lin Jan |
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Titolo |
Reconstructing Chinatown [[electronic resource] ] : ethnic enclave, global change / / Jan Lin |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Collana |
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Globalization and community ; ; v. 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Chinese Americans - New York (State) - New York - Economic conditions |
Chinese Americans - New York (State) - New York - Politics and government |
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Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) Economic conditions |
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) Politics and government |
New York (N.Y.) Economic conditions |
New York (N.Y.) Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From Bachelor Society to Immigrant Enclave; 2. Labor Struggles: Sweatshop Workers and Street Traders; 3. The Nexus of Transnational and Local Capital: Chinatown Banking and Real Estate; 4. The Growth of Satellite Chinatowns; 5. Solidarity, Community, and Electoral Politics; 6. The Enclave and the State; 7. Encountering Chinatown: Tourism, Voyeurism, and the Cinema; 8. Community Change in Global Context; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the American popular imagination, Chinatown is a mysterious and dangerous place, clannish and dilapidated, filled with sweatshops, vice, and organized crime. In this well-written and engaging volume, Jan Lin presents a real-world picture of New York City's Chinatown, countering this "orientalist" view by looking at the human dimensions and the larger forces of globalization that make this vital neighborhood both |
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