Hong Kong movers and stayers narratives of family migration

Hong Kong institutions 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, manager : the professional's dilemma -- p...

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1. Verfasser: Salaff, Janet W. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Huang, Shaolun (VerfasserIn), Greve, Arent (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Urbana, Ill. u.a. Univ. of Illinois Press c 2010
Schriftenreihe:Studies of world migrations
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Zusammenfassung:Hong Kong institutions 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, manager : the professional's dilemma -- pt. 2. The rooted : ties to Hong Kong deter migration -- The Gungs : Hong Kong locals -- The Ongs : a non-emigrant trading family -- The Wan family : 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 family : constructing Hong Kong as the place to be -- Conclusion: Movers and stayers.
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
Beschreibung:Literaturverz. S. [235] - 255 und Index
Beschreibung:VIII, 259 S.
ISBN:0252077040
0-252-07704-0
0252035186
0-252-03518-6
9780252077043
978-0-252-07704-3
9780252035180
978-0-252-03518-0