Reconstructing Chinatown : ethnic enclave, global change / Jan Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, Jan.

Series:

Globalization and community ; v. 2.

Globalization and community ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese Americans--New York (State)--New York--Economic conditions.

Chinese Americans.

Chinese Americans--New York (State)--New York--Politics and government.

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.).

Chinatown (New York, N.Y.)--Politics and government.

New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the American popular imagination, Chinatown is a mysterious and dangerous place, clannish and dilapidated, filled with sweatshops, vice, and organized crime. In this well-written and engaging volume, Jan Lin presents a real-world picture of New York City's Chinatown, countering this "orientalist" view by looking at the human dimensions and the larger forces of globalization that make this vital neighborhood both unique and broadly instructive.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From Bachelor Society to Immigrant Enclave; 2. Labor Struggles: Sweatshop Workers and Street Traders; 3. The Nexus of Transnational and Local Capital: Chinatown Banking and Real Estate; 4. The Growth of Satellite Chinatowns; 5. Solidarity, Community, and Electoral Politics; 6. The Enclave and the State; 7. Encountering Chinatown: Tourism, Voyeurism, and the Cinema; 8. Community Change in Global Context; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8788-9

OCLC:

560385690