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03380aam a2200529 i 4500 001 78007540498311EFAB853F282BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240724010708 008 220705s2023 cauab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022030907 020 $a 0520384970 020 $a 9780520384972 020 $a 0520384962 020 $a 9780520384965 035 $a (OCoLC)1341342525 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d YDX $d V9S $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a TX945.4 $b .L53 2023 082 00 $a 641.5951 $2 23/eng/20220817 100 1 $a Liang, Zai, $e author. 245 10 $a From Chinatown to every town : $b how Chinese immigrants have expanded the restaurant business in the United States / $c Zai Liang. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xv, 198 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Job search : from immigrant networks to market-based institutions -- Making the connection : the story of the Chinatown bus -- Choices for new immigrant destinations -- New businesses in new places : adaptation and race relations -- The ties that bind : between Chinatown in Manhattan and new immigrant destinations -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : Methods -- Appendix B : Analysis of job locations. 520 $a "From Chinatown to Every Town explores the long history of Chinese immigration within the U.S. Zai Liang studies the fundamental shift of spatial settlement for low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown towards new immigrant destinations. Beginning in the 1990s, Liang examines the role of Chinese restaurants' expansion and their growing popularity on the subsequent shift in settlement to more rural areas. Using a mixed method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six immigrant destination states, From Chinatown to Every Town explores key players such as employment agencies, Chinatown bus, and supply chain shops to argue how they together facilitate the process of spatial dispersion of immigrants and at the same time maintain linkages between Chinatown in Manhattan and new immigrant destinations"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Chinese restaurants $z United States. 650 0 $a Chinese restaurants $z New York. $z New York. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z United States. 650 0 $a Chinese Americans $z United States $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Chinatowns $z New York. $z New York. 650 6 $a Restaurants chinois $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Restaurants chinois $z New York. $z New York. 650 6 $a AmeÌricains d'origine chinoise $z EÌtats-Unis $x Conditions sociales. 650 6 $a Quartiers chinois $z New York. $z New York. 650 7 $a Chinatowns $2 fast 650 7 $a Chinese Americans $x Social conditions $2 fast 650 7 $a Chinese restaurants $2 fast 650 7 $a Immigrants $2 fast 651 7 $a New York (State) $z New York $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Liang, Zai $t From Chinatown to every town $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] $z 9780520384989 $w (DLC) 2022030908 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724030157.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=78007540498311EFAB853F282BECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search