From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States

From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low-skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed-method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six destination states, sociologist Zai Liang specifically examines how the expansion and growing popularity of Chinese restaurants has shifted settlement to more rural and faraway areas. Liang's study demonstrates that key players such as employment agencies, Chinatown buses, and restaurant supply shops facilitate the spatial dispersion of immigrants while simultaneously maintaining vital links between Chinatown in Manhattan and new immigrant destinations.

Author: Zai Liang
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9780520384972
ISBN10: 0520384970
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Regional & Ethnic | Chinese
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Asian American Studies & Pacific

About the Author
Zai Liang is Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany.