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Book SynopsisThis book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China.
Trade Review"Overall, this is a refreshing book . . . It provides an interesting argument about Chinese globalization by examining Fujianese migration to Europe."—
Canadian Journal of Sociology Online"This book has a lot to offer to scholars on contemporary China who are following the discussion on Chinese globalization, and to specialists on the Chinese diaspora who are seeing the subject transform before their eyes. These researchers have offered a very fine model of scholarly collaboration."—
China Review International"This book makes important theoretical and methodological contributions to the study of immigration in comparative perspective. Theoretically, the book's argument gives us fresh ideas for understanding globalization and Chinese immigration . . . The book's new arguments are thoughtful and well articulated . . . [T]he books sets and example of a new type of scholarship in that it makes crucial research materials (case files, interview notes, and field notes) publicly available, a practice that ought to be followed by other researchers."—
American Journal of Sociology"This outstanding collaborative ethnographic study of Chinese transnationalism will be an essential resource for any future research and teaching on the subject."—
Journal of Anthropological ResearchTable of ContentsIntroduction - Conceptualizing Chinese Migration In A Global Age; Old And New Transnational Villages In Fujian; Getting Out, Getting In, And Moving On - An Ethnographic View; Work And Life In Europe; Fujianese Transnational Practices and Politics; Conclusion - Rethinking Chinese Migration And Globalization.
