{"product_id":"asian-cities-migrant-labor-and-tai-chee-wong-9780415564489","title":"Asian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores how migration is playing a central role in the renewing and reworking of urban spaces in the fast growing and rapidly changing cities of Asia. Migration trends in Asia entered a new phase in the 1990s following the end of the Cold War which marked the advent of a renewed phase of globalization. Cities have become centrally implicated in globalization processes and, therefore, have become objects and sites of intense study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this book reflect on the impact and significance of migration with a particular focus on the contested spaces that are emerging in urban contexts and the economic, social, religious and cultural domains with which they intersect. They also examines the roles and effects of different forms of migration in the cauldron of urban change, from low-skilled domestic migrants who maintain a close engagement with their rural homes, to highly skilled\/professional transnational migrants, to legal and illegal international migrants who arrive with the hope of transforming their livelihoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a mosaic of insights into the links between migration, marginalization and contestation in Asia's urban contexts, \u003cem\u003eAsian Cities, Migrant Labor and Contested Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian studies, migration studies, urban studies and human geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tai-Chee Wong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415564484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415564489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2011 pg. 129","brand":"Tai-Chee Wong","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136099922175,"sku":"9780415564489","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_247fdd01-181a-4056-b9b1-385ff9abdc4f.jpg?v=1770160509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asian-cities-migrant-labor-and-tai-chee-wong-9780415564489","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}