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The new Chinese America : class, economy, and social hierarchy /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhao, Xiaojian, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Dominance (Psychology) > United States > History.
Social classes > United States > History.
Immigrants > United States > History.
Community life > United States > History.
Chinese Americans > Economic conditions.
Chinese Americans > Social conditions.
Chinese Americans > History.
United States > Social conditions > Ethnic relations.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rethinking Chinese America
  • Contemporary Chinese American population : the documented and the invisible
  • Drawing lines of class distinctions
  • "Serve the people" : the ethnic economy
  • The "spirit of change" : constructing a regional identity
  • Surviving poverty in an ethnic social hierarchy
  • Conclusion: Inclusion or exclusion?