Global Taiwanese : Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World / Fiona Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Fiona, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks.

Taiwanese--England--London.

Taiwanese.

Taiwanese--Ethnic identity.

Taiwanese--Ontario--Toronto.

Taiwanese--Taiwan--Taipei.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Summary:

Illuminating how the identities of Taiwanese diasporic subjects are contextually and historically shaped, this book advances a nuanced, complex, and differentiated understanding of globalization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

1 Why Taiwan? Taiwanese Identity and the Chinese Diaspora

2 The Network Society and Taiwanese Skilled Labour Migration

3 Signs and Meanings: Defining and Maintaining Taiwanese Identity

4 London: The City of Sojourners

5 Toronto: The City of Settlers

6 Taipei: The City of Origin

7 Cutting Bamboo: Migrants and Transnational Ethnic Networks

8 The Social Network: Migrants and Transnational Networking Organizations

9 Taiwan in the Net: Identities in Perspective

Appendix 1: List of Interviewees

Appendix 2: Indicative Questions from Semi-Structured Interviews

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4875-0999-5

OCLC:

1226712938