Chinatown in Britain: Diffusions and Concentrations of the British New Wave Chinese Immigration (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781934043868)

The focus of this book is on Chinese immigration in the past two decades and its spatial manifestations in Britain. A major argument in this study is that if the 1980s can be recorded as a turning point in the history of Chinese immigration to Britain because the decade marked a substantial increase in and a diversity of Chinese immigrants, it should also be considered a landmark in contemporary British urban history as it featured a major transformation in the Chinese urban landscape. This book examines how changes in the contexts of exit and reception have stimulated quantitative and qualitative changes in Chinese immigration, and how these changes in immigration facilitate the development of Chinatowns and Chinese settlements.

Author: Wai-Ki Luk
ISBN-10: 1934043869
ISBN-13: 9781934043868
Publisher: Cambria Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2008
Pages: 396
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 45