Transnational Chinese

by Pieke, Frank N.; Nyiri, Pal; Thuno, Mette; Ceccagno, Antonella

• ISBN13: 9780804749954
• ISBN10: 0804749957
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

In the 1990s, societies across the world were confronted with a sudden mass inflow of Chinese migrants.Transnational Chineseinvestigates the global nature of this migration by focusing on one of the fastest growing groups of new Chinese international migrants: those from Fujian province in southern China. It specifically focuses on Fujianese migration to Europe, where a broad range of immigration regimes has provided various incentives and disincentives that have influenced their migratory patterns across the continent. Applying intensive, multisited fieldwork research in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, as well as sending areas in Fujian,Transnational Chineseinvestigates the origins and mechanics of Fujianese migration, the work and life of Fujianese migrants in Europe, and the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China.

Author Biography

Frank N. Pieke is University Lecturer in the Modern Politics and Society of China and a Fellow of St. Cross College, University of Oxford. Pál Nyíri is Senior Fellow in the Humanities Center at Central European University, Budapest. Mette Thunø is Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen. Antonella Ceccagno is Researcher of Chinese Language and Culture at the University of Bologna, Italy. She is also Operational Director of the Center for Immigration Research and Services in Prato, Tuscany.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables	vii
Preface	ix
Note on Currency Exchange Rates	xi
Introduction: Conceptualizing Chinese Migration in a Global Age	1	(36)
The Luo Family: Workers in Italy, Market Traders in Hungary	29	(8)
Old and New Transnational Villages in Fujian	37	(32)
A Yong: A Restaurant Worker in Kent, England	66	(3)
Getting Out, Getting in, and Moving On: An Ethnographic View	69	(38)
The Wu Siblings: Workshop Owners in Italy	102	(5)
Work and Life in Europe	107	(55)
He: A Businessman in London	153	(9)
Fujianese Transnational Practices and Politics	162	(31)
Conclusion: Rethinking Chinese Migration and Globalization	193	(12)
Notes	205	(20)
Chinese Names and Terms	225	(4)
References	229	(16)
Index	245