Koreans in North America (eBook)

Their Experiences in the Twenty-First Century

Pyong Gap Min (Herausgeber)

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2012
268 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-7814-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Koreans in North America covers various topics related to Korean experiences in the U.S. and Canada, including their immigration and settlement patterns, changes in business patterns, and identity, comprehensively. It also focuses on Korean Americans’ twenty-first century experiences, using both quantitative and qualitative data.

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This is the only anthology that covers several different topics related to Koreans' experiences in the U.S. and Canada. The topics covered are Koreans' immigration and settlement patterns, changes in Korean immigrants' business patterns, Korean immigrant churches' social functions, differences between Korean immigrant intact families and geese families, transnational ties, second-generation Koreans' identity issues, and Korean international students' gender issues. This book focuses on Korean Americans' twenty-first century experiences. It provides basic statistics about Koreans' immigration, settlement and business patterns, while it also provides meaningful qualitative data on gender issues and ethnic identity. The annotated bibliography on Korean Americans in Chapter 10 will serve as important guides for beginning researchers studying Korean Americans.

Autor

Pyong Gap Min is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Queens College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He also serves as Director of the Research Center for Korean Community at Queens College.

Inhalt

Table of ContentsFiguresTablesChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Immigration of Koreans to the United States: A Review of Forty-Five year (1965-2009) TrendsChapter 3: Growth and Settlement Patterns of Korean AmericansChapter 4: Changes in Korean Immigrants’ Business PatternsChapter 5: A Comparison of Korean Protestant, Catholic, and Buddhist Religious Institutions in New YorkChapter 6: Explaining the Migration Strategy: Comparing Transnational and Intact Migrant Families from South Korea to CanadaChapter 7: Transnational Interactions among Korean Immigrants in Toronto: Family ties and Socioeconomic, cultural, and Political ParticipationChapter 8: The Bifurcated Statuses of the Wives of Korean International StudentsChapter 9: Transnationalism and “Third Culture Kids”: A Comparative Analysis of Korean American and Korean Chinese Identity ConstructionChapter 10: Authenticity Dilemma among Pre-1965 Native-Born KoreansChapter 11: A Four-Decade Literature on Korean Americans: A Review and Comprehensive BibliographyAbout the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Asian Americans • Asian Studies • cross-cultural • Culture and Change • Globalization • globalization and migration • Identity construction • Immigration • Migration • Race and Ethnic Studies • Sociology • Sociology of Religion
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-7814-8 / 0739178148
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-7814-0 / 9780739178140