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Hong Kong movers and stayers : narratives of family migration
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Hong Kong movers and stayers : narratives of family migration / Janet W. Salaff, Siu-lun Wong, and Arent Greve.
ISBN
9780252035180 (cloth : alk. paper)
0252035186 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252077043 (paper : alk. paper)
0252077040 (paper : alk. paper)
Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2010.
Physical Description
viii, 259 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 26, 2010
Series
Studies of world migrations
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Institutional theory and family migration
Hong Kong's institutional background
pt. 1. Cosmopolitan emigrants
The Luk family : exit and return of emigrant planners
The Chou and Leung families : immigrant entrepreneurs
Francis Kwong : the professional's dilemma
pt. 2. The rooted : ties to Hong Kong deter migration
The Gung family : Hong Kong locals
The Ongs : a nonemigrant trading family
Brian Wan : the extended family emigrates
pt. 3. Working class families : unlikely emigrants
The Szeto family : nowhere to run
The Hung family : cancelled migration dreams
The Chia brothers : constructing Hong Kong as the place to be
Conclusion: Movers and stayers.
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