Examines the history, social organization, family life and economic activities of the Chinese in an urban environment, drawing on data gathered in field activities in New York's Chinatown. Emphasizes economic adaptation and its role in the development of ethnic identity and discusses such...

This paper analyzes the changing characteristics of Chinese immigrants to Canada between 1980 and 2001. It reveals that recent Chinese immigrants to Canada constitute a substantially different group from those of former years. They are no longer a homogeneous group from the rural areas of...

In seeking economic immigrants, especially those who are skilled, entrepreneurial and with capital to invest, a settler country such as New Zealand has assumed that national and city labour markets/economies will gain by adding to the human capital pool as well as creating new 'economic'...