1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457181503321

Autore

Fong Vanessa L. <1974->

Titolo

Paradise redefined [[electronic resource] ] : transnational Chinese students and the quest for flexible citizenship in the developed world / / Vanessa L. Fong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8047-8175-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

370.116

Soggetti

Chinese students - Foreign countries

Foreign study - China

Transnationalism

Electronic books.

China Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Is the moon rounder abroad? : how Chinese citizens see the world -- Choosing the road less traveled : how and why Chinese citizens decide to study abroad -- The floating life : dilemmas of education, work, and marriage abroad -- When migrants from the same hometown meet, tears fill their eyes : freedoms won and lost through transnational migration -- The road home : decisions about returning to China or staying abroad.

Sommario/riassunto

In 2004, Vanessa Fong offered a groundbreaking ethnographic exploration of the social, economic, and psychological development of children born since China's one-child policy was introduced in 1979. Her book Only Hope left readers with a picture of stressed, ambitious adolescents for whom elite status was the ultimate goal, though relatively few were in a position to achieve it.In Paradise Redefined, Fong tracks the experiences of many in her initial cohort of Chinese only-children-now college-age-as they study abroad in Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, North A



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716277203321

Titolo

Bridge across the Chunky River. January 16 (calendar day, January 23), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 pages)

Collana

Senate report / 69th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; ; no. 82

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 8524]

Altri autori (Persone)

BinghamHiram <1875-1956> (Republican (CT))

Soggetti

Bridge construction industry

Bridges - Design and construction

Bridges

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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