Smuggled Chinese : clandestine immigration to the United States /

Smuggled Chinese : clandestine immigration to the United States /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chin, Ko-lin.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1999.
Description:	xx, 221 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Asian American history and culture
Subject:	Chinese -- United States -- Social conditions. Illegal aliens -- United States -- Social conditions. Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions. Smuggling -- United States. Chinese -- Social conditions. Emigration and immigration. Illegal aliens -- Social conditions. Immigrants -- Social conditions. Smuggling. United States -- Emigration and immigration. China -- Emigration and immigration. China. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4131242

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ISBN:	1566397324 (alk. paper) 1566397332 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Douglas S. Massey
I. Leaving for the Beautiful Country. 1. In Search of the American Dream. 2. In Search of the Beautiful Country. 3. The Social Organization of Human Smuggling
II. Following the Snakeheads. 4. The Air Route. 5. The Sea Route. 6. The Land Route
III. Climbing the Mountain of Gold. 7. Safe Houses. 8. Life in the Mountain of Gold. 9. Stemming the Tide. App A. Research Methods
App B. Tables.