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Titolo |
Immigrant adaptation in multi-ethnic societies : Canada, Taiwan, and the United States / / edited by Eric Fong, Lan-Hung Nora Chiang and Nancy Denton |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-09481-6 |
1-299-27897-3 |
1-136-20964-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 78 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ChiangLan-hung Nora |
DentonNancy A |
FongEric <1960-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Immigrants - Social conditions |
Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Canada |
Cultural pluralism - Canada |
Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - Taiwan |
Cultural pluralism - Taiwan |
Immigrants - Cultural assimilation - United States |
Cultural pluralism - United States |
Electronic books. |
Canada Ethnic relations |
Taiwan Ethnic relations |
United States Ethnic relations |
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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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Introduction -- The dynamics of immigrant residential incorporation in the United States -- Partial residential integration: suburban residential patterns of new immigrant groups in a multiethnic context -- Asian immigrants in Vancouver: from caste to class in socio-spatial segregation? -- Are native "flights" from immigration "port of entry" pushed by immigrants? -- Diversity in people and places: multiracial people in U.S. society -- Openness to interethnic relationships for |
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Chinese and South Asian Canadians -- The contradictory nature of multiculturalism: mainland Chinese immigrants' perspectives and their onward emigration from Canada -- The perception of social distance in a multi-ethnic society: the case of Taiwan -- Diversity of Asian immigrants and their roles in the making of multicultural cities in Canada -- Family forms among first and second generation immigrants in metropolitan America, 1960-2009 -- Different voices: identity formation of early Taiwanese migrants in Canada. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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As a result of international immigration, ethnic diversity has increased rapidly in many countries, not only in major cities, but also in smaller cities. This trend is not limited to the traditional immigrant receiving countries, such as the United States and Canada, but occurs also in many other countries where doors are gradually opening to immigration, especially in Asia. This combination of a growing immigrant population and ethnic diversity has fostered a more complex immigrant integration process. This book addresses the subject at the city ecological level, inter-group level, |
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