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Zai Liang

From Chinatown to Every Town

How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States

Zai Liang

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University of California Press
20 April 2023

Sociology & anthropology

From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six destination states, sociologist Zai Liang specifically examines how the expansion and growing popularity of Chinese restaurants has shifted settlement to more rural and faraway areas. Liang's study demonstrates that key players such as employment agencies, Chinatown buses, and restaurant supply shops facilitate the spatial dispersion of immigrants while simultaneously maintaining vital links between Chinatown in Manhattan and new immigrant destinations.

By: Zai Liang
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780520384972
ISBN 10: 0520384970
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 20 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Job Search: From Immigrant Networks to Market-Based Institutions 3. Making the Connection: The Story of the Chinatown Bus 4. Choices for New Immigrant Destinations 5. New Businesses in New Places: Adaptation and Race Relations 6. The Ties That Bind: Between Chinatown in Manhattan and New Immigrant Destinations 7. Conclusion Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Analysis of Job Locations Notes References Index

Zai Liang is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany.

Reviews for From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States

"""The book’s key insight—that spatial assimilation is not just an individual level phenomenon, but rather is shaped by group-level dynamics and institutions—can be applied well beyond the Chinese restaurant industry."" * Social Forces *"