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Hong Kong movers and stayers : narratives of family migration / Janet W. Salaff, Siu-lun Wong, and Arent Greve.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salaff, Janet W.
- Series:
- Studies of world migrations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants.
- Families.
- Hong Kong (China)--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Hong Kong (China).
- Hong Kong (China)--Social conditions.
- Families--China--Hong Kong.
- Chinese--Migrations.
- Chinese.
- Immigrants--Family relationships--China--Hong Kong.
- Immigrants--Family relationships.
- China--Hong Kong.
- Immigrants--China--Hong Kong--Biography.
- Hong Kong (China)--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 259 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Institutional theory and family migration
- Hong Kong's institutional background
- pt. 1. Cosmopolitan emigrants
- The Luk family : exit and return of emigrant planners
- The Chou and Leung families : immigrant entrepreneurs
- Francis Kwong : the professional's dilemma
- pt. 2. The rooted : ties to Hong Kong deter migration
- The Gung family : Hong Kong locals
- The Ongs : a nonemigrant trading family
- Brian Wan : the extended family emigrates
- pt. 3. Working class families : unlikely emigrants
- The Szeto family : nowhere to run
- The Hung family : cancelled migration dreams
- The Chia brothers : constructing Hong Kong as the place to be
- Conclusion: Movers and stayers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252035180
- 0252035186
- 9780252077043
- 0252077040
- OCLC:
- 426065891
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