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The New Chinese America
2010,2020
Overview
The 1965 Immigration Act altered the lives and outlook of Chinese Americans in fundamental ways.The New Chinese Americaexplores the historical, economic, and social foundations of the Chinese American community, in order to reveal the emergence of a new social hierarchy after 1965.
In this detailed and comprehensive study of contemporary Chinese America, Xiaojian Zhao uses class analysis to illuminate the difficulties of everyday survival for poor and undocumented immigrants and analyzes the process through which social mobility occurs. Through ethnic ties, Chinese Americans have built an economy of their own in which entrepreneurs can maintain a competitive edge given their access to low-cost labor; workers who are shut out of the mainstream job market can find work and make a living; and consumers can enjoy high quality services at a great bargain. While the growth of the ethnic economy enhances ethnic bonds by increasing mutual dependencies among different groups of Chinese Americans, it also determines the limits of possibility for various individuals depending on their socioeconomic and immigration status.
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Subject
/ Chinese
/ Chinese Americans -- Economic conditions
/ Chinese Americans -- History
/ Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
/ Class
/ Community life -- United States -- History
/ cultural
/ culture
/ Diaspora
/ Dominance (Psychology) -- United States -- History
/ economic
/ economy
/ HISTORY
/ Immigrants -- United States -- History
/ poor
/ Social classes -- United States -- History
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
/ status
/ U.S.A
/ United States -- Ethnic relations
/ United States -- Social conditions -- Ethnic relations
/ work
ISBN
9780813549125, 0813549124, 9780813546919, 0813546915, 9780813546926, 0813546923, 9781282562363, 1282562363
