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Min Zhou Examines How An Ethnic Enclave Works To Direct Its Members Into American Society, While At The Same Time Shielding Them From It. Focusing Specifically On New York's Chinatown, A Community Established More Than A Century Ago, Zhou Offers A Thorough And Modern Treatment Of The Enclave As A Socioeconomic System, Distinct Form, But Intrinsically Linked With, The Larger Society.zhou's Central Theme Is That Chinatown Does Not Keep Immigrant Chinese From Assimilating Into Mainstream Society, But Instead Provides An Alternative Means Of Incorporation Into Society That Does Not Contents; List Of Figures; List Of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Memories Of Sojourning; 3. Changes In Recent Chinese Immigration; 4. Uprooted: The New Arrivals; 5. The Rise Of The Economic Enclave; 6. The Ethnic Labor Force And Its Labor Market Experience; 7. The Other Half Of The Sky: Socioeconomic Adaptation Of Immigrant Women; 8. Residential Mobility And Ethnic Segregation; 9. Conclusion: Rising Out Of Chinatown; Notes; References; Index Min Zhou; Foreword By Alejandro Portes. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 251-263) And Index. Chinese