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Reluctant exiles? : migration from Hong Kong and the new overseas Chinese
- Title
- Reluctant exiles? : migration from Hong Kong and the new overseas Chinese / Ronald Skeldon, editor ; with a foreword by Wang Gungwu.
- Publication
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | JV8701 .R4 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Skeldon, Ronald.
- Description
- xix, 359 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Hong Kong Becoming China: the transition to 1997.
- Series Statement
- Hong Kong becoming China
- Uniform Title
- Hong Kong becoming China
- Subject
- Note
- "An East Gate book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical referneces (p. 335-347) and index.
- Contents
- Setting the scene. Reluctant exiles or bold pioneers : an introduction to migration from Hong Kong ; The historical and geographical context. Hong Kong in an international migration system / Ronald Skeldon -- Recruitment and release : migration advisers and the creation of exile / Edward T.L. Hardie -- Overseas Chinese adaptive organizations, past and present / Edgar Wickberg -- Canada. Hong Kong migration to Canada : the background / Graham E. Johnson and Diana Lary.
- Business immigration to Canada : deception and exploitation / Josephine Smart -- Hong Kong immigration and the Chinese community in Vancouver / Graham E. Johnson -- Hong Kong immigrants in Toronto / Diana Lary and Bernard Luk -- Searching for a safe haven : the migration and settlement of Hong Kong Chinese immigrants in Toronto / Lawrence Lam -- Australasia. The migration and settlement of Hong Kong Chinese in Australia / Kee Pookong and Ronald Skeldon.
- The Hong Kong Chinese in Sydney / Christine Inglis and Chung-tong Wu -- The Hong Kong Chinese in Auckland / Elsie S. Ho and Ruth Farmer -- United States of America. Hong Kong immigrants in San Francisco / Bernard P. Wong -- New York is not Hong Kong : the little Hong Kong that never was / Peter Kwong -- Hong Kong Chinese in Hawaii : community building and coping strategies / Richard Chabot, Oi Man Chan, and Alvin Y. So -- A European and an Asian destination. Branches all over : the Hong Kong Chinese in the United Kingdom / Hugh D.R. Baker.
- The ethnicity paradox : Hong Kong immigrants in Singapore / Chan Kwok Bun -- Conclusion. Migration from Hong Kong : current trends and future agendas / Ronald Skeldon.
- ISBN
- 1563244314
- 9781563244315
- 1563244322
- 9781563244322
- LCCN
- 94009887
- OCLC
- ocm30029643
- 30029643
- SCSB-14600766
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library