1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996417466803316

Titolo

McGraw-Hill's utility environment report

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : McGraw-Hill, c1990-

Descrizione fisica

v. ; ; 28 cm

Disciplina

363.73/1

Soggetti

Electric power systems - Environmental aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from caption.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451390703321

Titolo

State/nation/transnation [[electronic resource] ] : perspectives on transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific / / edited by Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Katie Willis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

0-415-85989-1

1-280-01955-7

0-203-49734-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; ; 12

Classificazione

74.94

Altri autori (Persone)

YeohBrenda S. A

WillisKatie <1968->

Disciplina

304.8/5

Soggetti

Transnationalism

Foreign workers, Asian

Foreign workers - Pacific Area

Asians - Foreign countries

Electronic books.

Asia Emigration and immigration

Pacific Area 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

State/Nation/Transnation Perspectives on Transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: transnationalism as a challenge to the nation; 2 The myth of the controllability of difference: labour migration, transnational communities and state strategies in the Asia-Pacific region; 3 Spheres of speculation and middling transnational migrants: Chinese Indonesians in the Asia-Pacific; 4 Citizenship and differential exclusion of immigrants in Japan

5 Is there a transnation? Migrancy and the national homeland among overseas Filipinos6 Expatriating is patriotic? The discourse on 'new migrants' in the People's Republic of China and identity construction among recent migrants from the PRC; 7 From nation to networks and back again: transnationalism, class and national identity in Malaysia; 8 Indian information technology professionals' world system: The nation and the transnation in individuals' migration strategies; 9 Beyond transnational nationalism: questioning the borders of the Chinese diaspora in the global city

10 Democracy, culture and the politics of gate-keeping in Cambodia: the transnation goes home11 Internal transnationalism and the formation of the Vietnamese diaspora; 12 Shifting the axis: feminism and the transnational imaginary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume examines the relationship between the nation and the transnation, focusing on transnational communities in the Asia-Pacific region. Setting the book within a theoretical framework, the authors explore a range of themes such as migration, identity and citizenship in chapters on China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Singapore and Cambodia.