Time and migration : how long-term Taiwanese migrants negotiate later life /

Based on 115 interviews with elderly Taiwanese immigrants who have resided in the United States from 30-50 years, Ken Sun asks in Time and Migration how the interplay between migration and time shapes the ways aging migrant populations reassess and reconstruct relationships with their children, spou...

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Main Author:	Sun, Ken Chih-Yan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Taiwanese > United States > Social conditions > 21st century. Older Asian Americans > Social conditions > 21st century. Older immigrants > Family relationships. Generations > Social aspects. Old age > Social aspects. Taiwan > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects. United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.

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Summary:	Based on 115 interviews with elderly Taiwanese immigrants who have resided in the United States from 30-50 years, Ken Sun asks in Time and Migration how the interplay between migration and time shapes the ways aging migrant populations reassess and reconstruct relationships with their children, spouses, grandchildren, community members and home as well as host societies.
Physical Description:	xvii, 239 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781501754876 1501754874