Global Taiwanese : Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World

• Autore: Moore Fiona
• Pubblicazione: Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2021; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.8089/9925
• Soggetto topico: Social networks; Taiwanese - Ethnic identity; Taiwanese - England - London; Taiwanese - Ontario - Toronto; Taiwanese - Taiwan - Taipei; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Chinese diaspora; Taipai; Taiwan; ethnography; global cities; globalisation; identity; immigration; self-initiated expatriates
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Illuminating how the identities of Taiwanese diasporic subjects are contextually and historically shaped, this book advances a nuanced, complex, and differentiated understanding of globalization.
• Titolo autorizzato: Global Taiwanese
• ISBN: 1-4875-0999-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910554230603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II