From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb: New Asian Communities in Pacific Rim Countries 9780824874520

From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb focuses on the migration, settlement, and adaptation of Chinese and other Asian immi

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English Pages 288 Year 2006

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Asian Immigration and Community in the Pacific Rim
Making America at Eden Center
Flushing 2000: Geographic Explorations in Asian New York
Spatial Transformation of an Urban Ethnic Community: From Chinatown to Ethnoburb in Los Angeles
Koreans in Greater Los Angeles: Socioeconomic Polarization, Ethnic Attachment, and Residential Patterns
Asian Americans in Silicon Valley: High-Technology Industry Development and Community Transformation
Suburban Housing and Indoor Shopping: The Production of the Contemporary Chinese Landscape in Toronto
Hong Kong Business, Money, and Migration in Vancouver, Canada
The Social Construction of an Indochinese Australian Neighborhood in Sydney: The Case of Cabramatta
The Chinese in Auckland: Changing Profiles in a More Diverse Society
Notes
References
Contributors
Index

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