From Chinatown to Every Town by Zai Liang

From Chinatown to Every Town by Zai Liang

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.

"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"

* Social Forces *

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

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ISBN 13	9780520384972
ISBN 10	0520384970
Title	From Chinatown to Every Town
Author	Zai Liang
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of California Press
Year published	2023-02-07
Number of pages	216
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