02876nam 22006973 450 991055423060332120210901203500.01-4875-0999-510.3138/9781487509996(CKB)5590000000447570(MiAaPQ)EBC6543623(Au-PeEL)EBL6543623(OCoLC)1226712938(DE-B1597)600700(DE-B1597)9781487509996(EXLCZ)99559000000044757020210901d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGlobal Taiwanese Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing WorldToronto :University of Toronto Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource (178 pages)1-4875-0001-7 1-4875-1997-4 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Terms and Acronyms -- 1 Why Taiwan? Taiwanese Identity and the Chinese Diaspora -- 2 The Network Society and Taiwanese Skilled Labour Migration -- 3 Signs and Meanings: Defining and Maintaining Taiwanese Identity -- 4 London: The City of Sojourners -- 5 Toronto: The City of Settlers -- 6 Taipei: The City of Origin -- 7 Cutting Bamboo: Migrants and Transnational Ethnic Networks -- 8 The Social Network: Migrants and Transnational Networking Organizations -- 9 Taiwan in the Net: Identities in Perspective -- Appendix 1: List of Interviewees -- Appendix 2: Indicative Questions from Semi-Structured Interviews -- Bibliography -- IndexIlluminating how the identities of Taiwanese diasporic subjects are contextually and historically shaped, this book advances a nuanced, complex, and differentiated understanding of globalization.Social networksTaiwaneseEthnic identityTaiwaneseEnglandLondonTaiwaneseOntarioTorontoTaiwaneseTaiwanTaipeiBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / GlobalizationbisacshElectronic books.Chinese diaspora.Taipai.Taiwan.ethnography.global cities.globalisation.identity.immigration.self-initiated expatriates.Social networks.TaiwaneseEthnic identity.TaiwaneseTaiwaneseTaiwaneseBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization.304.8089/9925Moore Fiona1019782MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910554230603321Global Taiwanese2819050UNINA