The Age of Asian Migration

Continuity, Diversity, and Susceptibility Volume 1
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4438-5902-8
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten

The second half of the 20th century witnessed a series of mass migrations in Asia due to war, politics and economic turbulences. Combined with recent global economic changes, the result is that Asia is now the world region producing the most international migrants and receiving the second most migrants. Asian migration has thus been of central concern to both academic researchers and policy communities. This book (together with its forthcoming second volume) provides a full span discussion of Asian migration from historical perspectives to updated analyses of current migration flows and diasporas. The book covers six sub-regional areas through focused themes:

Northeast Asia: Coping with Diversity in Japan and Korea

East Asian Chinese Migration: Taiwan, Hong Kong and China

Vietnamese Migration and Diaspora

Cambodian, Lao and Hmong Diaspora and Settlement

Singapore: New Immigrants and Return Migration

South Asian Migration and Diaspora

Academics as well as general readers will find this book useful for understanding the specific features of Asian migration, and how these features have evolved since the latter part of the 20th century. In providing an overall reassessment of Asian migration, the book enhances academic discussion of Asian migration, with positive repercussions on migration-related policy making in the region.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haines, David

Chan, Yuk Wah

Lee, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Exilforschung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Über Autor(innen)

Yuk Wah Chan is Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. She is an active researcher in migration, borderland, and Vietnam studies. Her most recent publications include Vietnamese-Chinese Relationships at the Borderlands: Trade, Tourism and Cultural Politics and The Chinese / Vietnamese Diaspora - Revisiting the Boat People.

David Haines is Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University. His most recent books are Wind over Water: Migration in an East Asian Context (edited with Keiko Yamanaka and Shinji Yamashita) and Safe Haven? A History of Refugees in America.

Jonathan H. X. Lee is Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. His most recent book is Asian American Identities and Practices: Folkloric Expressions in Everyday Life (edited with Kathleen Nadeau).