Ethnicity and Entrepreneurship The New Chinese Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area (Part of the New Immigrants Series)

by Wong, Bernard; Foner, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780205166725
• ISBN10: 0205166725
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-05
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A massive wave of immigration is currently sweeping across the US How do new immigrants assimilate, specifically the Chinese in San Francisco?KEY TOPICS:Taking an "actor-oriented" approach which portrays the new Chinese immigrants as problem-solvers and decision makers who shape their own destinies, this book focuses on how the new Chinese immigrants use their ethnic and personal resources to make economic adaptations in the US.Sociologists and anthropologists.Part of the New Immigrants Series.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
ETHNICITY AND ECONOMIC ADAPTATION	2	(7)
From China to San Francisco	9	(20)
THE HISTORY OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION	10	(4)
THE NEW AND OLD IMMIGRANTS: A CONTRAST	14	(1)
THE CHINESE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA	15	(2)
RESIDENTIAL PATTERNS	17	(1)
CHINATOWN: THE SYMBOLIC AND CULTURAL CENTER	18	(3)
CHINESE ASSOCIATIONS	21	(4)
CHINATOWN AS A CENTER OF ETHNIC RESOURCES	25	(4)
Who Are The New Chinese Immigrants?	29	(12)
THE SOURCES OF THE NEW CHINESE IMMIGRATION	29	(3)
MAINLAND CHINA: IMMIGRATION ENTHUSIASM	32	(1)
THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF HONG KONG: 1997 AND BEYOND	33	(2)
TAIWAN: IS THERE A FUTURE?	35	(2)
EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUNDS OF THE NEW IMMIGRANTS	37	(2)
ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE NEW IMMIGRANTS	39	(2)
Economic Challenges and Responses for the New Immigrants	41	(24)
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW IMMIGRANTS	42	(1)
THE ETHNIC NICHE OF THE CHINESE	43	(16)
ENGINEERS, EDUCATORS, AND ENTREPRENEURS	59	(6)
Family and Traditional Values: The Bedrock of Chinese Business	65	(20)
THE ROLE OF KINSHIP IN CHINESE BUSINESS	66	(6)
FAMILY MEMBERS AS EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES	72	(7)
CONFUCIANISM, TRADITIONS, AND BUSINESS	79	(2)
BUSINESS CONTINUITY	81	(4)
Global Strategies of Chinese Professionals and Businessmen	85	(14)
THE "ASTRONAUT" TREND	87	(2)
GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES	89	(3)
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL TRADING NETWORK	92	(1)
RETURNING HOME FOR BUSINESS	93	(3)
TRANSNATIONAL WORKERS: OTHER COUNTRIES	96	(2)
CONCLUSION	98	(1)
Survival and Adaptation in Modern America	99	(16)
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE NEW CHINESE IMMIGRANTS	99	(4)
POLITICS AND THE NEW IMMIGRANTS	103	(2)
ESTABLISHING ROOTS AND IDENTITIES IN AMERICA	105	(5)
CONCLUSIONS: ECONOMIC ADAPTATION AND ETHNICITY	110	(5)
References	115