CHINESE ETHNIC BUSINESS: GLOBAL AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES; ED. BY ERIC FONG

providing A Crucial Understanding Of How Globalization Impacts On The Development Of Chinese Businesses, This Book Analyzes The Unprecedented Changes In Chinese Ethnic Business Due To The Process Of Globalization, Specifically Economic Globalization, In The Key Receiving Countries Of The Us, Australia And Canada. Focusing On The Main Themes Of Economic Globalization And Chinese Community Development, Transnational Linkages, Local Urban Structures, Homogenization And Place Attachment, The Team Of Internationally Known Contributors Place The Subject Of Chinese Ethnic Business In The Bigger Picture Of Ethnic Businesses And Globalization. including Excellent Methodology Such As Ethnographic Studies, Historical Analysis, Geographic Studies And Statistical Analysis, This Volume Makes An Important Contribution To The Field Of Ethnic Businesses. Half Title: Chinese Ethnic Business......Page 2 Title Page......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 10 Contributors......Page 14 1 Introduction......Page 18 Part I Economic globalization,and communitydevelopment and Chineseethnic businesses......Page 36 2 Chinese language media andthe ethnic enclave economyin the United States......Page 38 3 Globally connected and locallyembedded financial institutions......Page 52 4 The new Chinese businesssector in Toronto......Page 81 Part II Transnational linkagesand Chinese ethnicbusinesses......Page 104 5 Globalization, transnationalism,and Chinese transnationalism......Page 106 6 Business social networksand immigrant entrepreneursfrom China......Page 116 7 From battlers to transnationalethnic entrepreneurs?......Page 137 8 The cemetery of Huang Xiulang......Page 149 Part III Chinese businesses, localurban structures, andhomogenization......Page 164 9 Chinese ethnic economieswithin the city context......Page 166 10 Business owners and workers......Page 190 11 The global–local nexus andethnic business location......Page 209 12 Going to malls, being Chinese?......Page 230 13 Conclusion......Page 251 Index......Page 258 Analyzing the unprecedented changes in Chinese ethnic business due to globalization, this book provides a crucial understanding of Chinese participation in the key receiving countries of the USA, Australia and Canada