Chasing the American Dream in China: Chinese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland

Author:   Leslie Kim Wang
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
ISBN:  

9780813599366


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 April 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Leslie Kim Wang
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780813599366


ISBN 10:   0813599369
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   16 April 2021
Recommended Age:   From 18 to 99 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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In this captivating book, Leslie Wang uncovers not only why children of migrants return to their ancestral lands and their surprising experiences abroad, but she also signals its implications for our global economy and international relations. Wang has shown migration studies a new direction to follow. --Pawan Dhingra author of Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Profesionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities Leslie Wang's skillful ethnography elucidates how Chinese Americans in China employ 'strategic in-betweenness' to maximize benefits in both their work and personal lives, resulting in a rich study that examines Chinese American racial, ethnic, and cultural belonging in a transnational context. --Andrea Louie author of Chineseness across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States


Leslie Wang's skillful ethnography elucidates how Chinese Americans in China employ 'strategic in-betweenness' to maximize benefits in both their work and personal lives, resulting in a rich study that examines Chinese American racial, ethnic, and cultural belonging in a transnational context. --Andrea Louie author of Chineseness Across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and in the U.S. In this captivating book, Leslie Wang uncovers not only why children of migrants return to their ancestral lands and their surprising experiences abroad, but she also signals its implications for our global economy and international relations. Wang has shown migration studies a new direction to follow. --Pawan Dhingra author of Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian Americans and the Challenge of Multiple Identities


Leslie Wang's skillful ethnography elucidates how Chinese Americans in China employ 'strategic in-betweenness' to maximize benefits in both their work and personal lives, resulting in a rich study that examines Chinese American racial, ethnic, and cultural belonging in a transnational context. --Andrea Louie author of Chineseness across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States In this captivating book, Leslie Wang uncovers not only why children of migrants return to their ancestral lands and their surprising experiences abroad, but she also signals its implications for our global economy and international relations. Wang has shown migration studies a new direction to follow. --Pawan Dhingra author of Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Profesionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities


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LESLIE WANG is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.

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