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Smuggled Chinese : clandestine immigration to the United States / Ko-lin Chin ; foreword by Douglas S. Massey.
- Title
- Smuggled Chinese : clandestine immigration to the United States / Ko-lin Chin ; foreword by Douglas S. Massey.
- Author
- Chin, Ko-lin
- Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 1999.
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- Additional Authors
- Massey, Douglas S.
- Description
- xx, 221 pages : map; 24 cm
- Summary
- Based on interviews with 300 illegal immigrants, most of whom live in New York's Chinatown, as well as smugglers in various countries, discusses the immigrants' reasons for leaving China, their methods, and their lives in the United States.
- Series Statement
- Asian American history and culture
- Uniform Title
- Asian American history and culture
- Subject
- Chinese > United States > Social conditions
- Immigrants > United States > Social conditions
- Smuggling > United States
- Noncitizens > United States > Social conditions
- Illegal immigration > United States
- Noncitizens
- Undocumented Immigrants
- Chinois > États-Unis > Conditions sociales
- Immigrants clandestins > États-Unis > Conditions sociales
- Immigrants > États-Unis > Conditions sociales
- Contrebande > États-Unis
- Immigration clandestine > États-Unis
- Immigrants clandestins
- Chinese > Social conditions
- Emigration and immigration
- Immigrants > Social conditions
- Smuggling
- Illegale Einwanderung
- Soziale Situation
- Illegale buitenlanders
- Chinezen
- Smokkelen
- irregular migration
- trafficking in persons
- Chinese
- illegal practice
- crime
- living conditions
- employment status
- prostitution
- psychological aspect
- legal aspect
- United States of America
- Emigration and immigration
- Immigrés > États-Unis > Conditions sociales
- Immigrés clandestins > États-Unis > Conditions sociales
- Noncitizens
- migration irrégulière
- trafic d'êtres humains
- Chinois
- pratique illégale
- criminalité
- conditions de vie
- statut dans l'emploi
- aspect psychologique
- aspect juridique
- migración irregular
- tráfico de personas
- chino
- práctica ilegal
- delito
- condiciones de vida
- situación ocupacional
- prostitución
- aspecto psicológico
- aspecto jurídico
- United States > Emigration and immigration
- China > Emigration and immigration
- États-Unis > Émigration et immigration
- Chine > Émigration et immigration
- China
- United States
- USA
- Chinesen
- Etats-Unis
- Estados Unidos
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- In search of the American dream -- In search of the beautiful country -- The social organization of human smuggling -- The air route -- The sea route -- The land route -- Safe houses -- Life in the Mountain of Gold -- Stemming the tide.
- ISBN
- 1566397324
- 9781566397322
- 1566397332
- 9781566397339
- LCCN
- 99036086
- OCLC
- 41612406
- SCSB-10377022
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library