Description
Book SynopsisHalf a million Hong Kong residents fled their homeland during the thirteen years before Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 - and nearly half of those returned within several years of leaving. Featuring stories of nine Hong Kong families, this title looks at the forces behind Hong Kong families' efforts at migration and settlement.
Trade Review"There is no other study like this in the China migration literature, nor in the literature on emigration from Hong Kong. The thoroughness of this longitudinal research provides a highly nuanced account of how changes in family life over a period of fifteen years have affected motivations and outcomes for migration." --Nicole Newendorp, author of Uneasy Reunions: Immigration, Citizenship, and Family Life in Post-1997 Hong Kong
"An impressive resource for academic researchers who will find a wealth of historical and institutional information if they are studying Hong Kong and China . . . . Overall it is a valuable contribution to the area of Asian studies, as well as migration studies and theory."--
Canadian Ethnic Studies "
Hong Kong Movers and Stayers is an engaging and superbly researched sociological ethnography that treats migration as a process and not a singular act of departure and settlement. . . . Indeed, the book represents collaborative work at its best."--
Contemporary Sociology"A solid contribution to our knowledge about migration, not just in Hong Kong but more widely."--
The China Quarterly
