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From Chinatown to Every Town

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From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chine...
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  • 07 February 2023
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From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six destination states, sociologist Zai Liang specifically examines how the expansion and growing popularity of Chinese restaurants has shifted settlement to more rural and faraway areas. Liang's study demonstrates that key players such as employment agencies, Chinatown buses, and restaurant supply shops facilitate the spatial dispersion of immigrants while simultaneously maintaining vital links between Chinatown in Manhattan and new immigrant destinations.
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Price: $29.95
Pages: 216
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 07 February 2023
Trim Size: 8.25 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9780520384972
Format: Paperback
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"The book’s key insight—that spatial assimilation is not just an individual level phenomenon, but rather is shaped by group-level dynamics and institutions—can be applied well beyond the Chinese restaurant industry."

Zai Liang is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany. 
Contents

List of Figures 
List of Tables 
Acknowledgments 

1. Introduction 
2. Job Search: From Immigrant Networks to Market-Based Institutions 
3. Making the Connection: The Story of the Chinatown Bus 
4. Choices for New Immigrant Destinations 
5. New Businesses in New Places: Adaptation and Race Relations 
6. The Ties That Bind: Between Chinatown in Manhattan and New Immigrant Destinations 
7. Conclusion 

Appendix A: Methods 
Appendix B: Analysis of Job Locations 
Notes 
References 
Index