TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chan,Kwok B.
TI  - Migration, ethnic relations and Chinese business
T2  - Chinese worlds
SN  - 0203029518
AV  - JV7225 .C48 2005eb
U1  - 305.895/1071 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Racism
KW  - Canada
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Racisme
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - Minority Studies
KW  - fast
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - China
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-187) and index; Coping with racism -- Ethnic stereotypes in the media -- Ethnic space, displacement and forced relocation -- Coping with ageing and managing identity -- Racial discrimination and social response -- Unemployment, social support and coping -- Adaptation of refugees -- Voluntary associations and ethnic boundaries -- The many faces of immigrant business -- Ethnic resources, opportunity structure and coping strategies -- State, economy, culture and business networks -- Ethnic capitalism -- Singaporeans doing business in China
N2  - Incorporating research carried out over the last twenty years, this book documents the personal and collective responses of Chinese migrants and refugees to the prejudice and discrimination they have experienced. Using case studies of Chinese communities in Canada, Chan explores the different defence mechanisms Chinese migrants have created in order to escape the systemic and institutionalized discrimination they face. In particular, the book analyzes Chinese entrepreneurship, arguing that it is a collective response to blocked opportunities in host societies. Drawing upon emp
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