02848oam 2200493 450 991078948530332120170523091620.0988-220-737-5988-8053-56-6(OCoLC)743276065(MiFhGG)GVRL4QUI(EXLCZ)99346000000002185220110718d2010 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrReturn migration and identity a global phenomenon, a Hong Kong case /Nan M. SussmanHong Kong Hong Kong University Press2010Aberdeen, Hong Kong :Hong Kong University Press,2010.1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages) illustrations (some color)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.988-8028-83-9 988-8028-84-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; About the author; Introduction: ""Anna"" migrates and returns home; 1 - A short history of two hundred years of Hong Kong migration and identity; 2 - Sojourner adjustment and adaptation to new cultures; 3 - Returning home; 4 - Results from the Hong Kong Remigration Project; 5 - Additive identity; 6 - Subtractive identity; 7 - Global and affirmative identities; 8 - Remigrants and family life; 9 - Remigrants and professional life; 10 - Confucius and Socrates; 11 - The new Hong Kong boomerangAppendix A - Hong Kong Remigration Project questionnaire and psychological scalesAppendix B - Methods, sample, and qualitative analysis; Appendix C - Quantitative analysis; Appendix D - Demographic characteristics of research participants; Notes; References; IndexReturn migration is an emergent global trend. In a pioneering study, this book examines the phenomenon from a psychological and identity perspective by summarizing worldwide patterns and delving in depth into local outcomes for Hong Kong returnees. Based in part on research collected in Hong Kong among return migrants, the findings highlight the cultural dimensions that led to their unique experiences in returning home.Return migrationChinaHong KongHong Kong (China)Emigration and immigrationHong Kong (China)HistoryTransfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997Hong Kong (China)Ethnic relationsHong Kong (China)Social conditions20th centuryReturn migration331.62Sussman Nan M(Nan Michelle)1465765MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910789485303321Return migration and identity3675973UNINA