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Koreans in North America : their twenty-first century experiences / edited by Pyong Gap Min.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean Americans--History.
- Korean Americans.
- Koreans--United States--History.
- Koreans.
- Koreans--Canada--History.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration.
- Canada.
- Korea--Emigration and immigration.
- Korea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Koreans in North America covers various topics related to Korean experiences in the U.S. and Canada, including their immigration and settlement patterns, changes in business patterns, and identity, comprehensively. It also focuses on Korean Americans' twenty-first century experiences, using both quantitative and qualitative data.
- Contents:
- KOREANS IN NORTH AMERICA; Table of Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Immigration of Koreans to the United States: A Review of Forty-Five Year (1965-2009) Trends; Chapter 3: Growth and Settlement Patterns of Korean Americans; Chapter 4: Changes in Korean Immigrants' Business Patterns; Chapter 5: A Comparison of Korean Protestant, Catholic, and Buddhist Religious Institutions in New York; Chapter 6: Explaining the Migration Strategy: Comparing Transnational and Intact Migrant Families from South Korea to Canada
- Chapter 7: Transnational Interactions among Korean Immigrants in Toronto: Family Ties and Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Political ParticipationChapter 8: The Bifurcated Statuses of the Wives of Korean International Students; Chapter 9: Transnationalism and "Third Culture Kids": A Comparative Analysis of Korean American and Korean Chinese Identity Construction; Chapter 10: Authenticity Dilemma among Pre-1965 Native-Born Koreans; Chapter 11: A Four-Decade Literature on Korean Americans: A Review and Comprehensive Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7391-7814-8
- OCLC:
- 876512358
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