The New Asian immigration in Los Angeles and global restructuring / [electronic resource] / edited by Paul Ong, Edna Bonacich, and Lucie Cheng.. — Philadelphia : : Temple University Press,, 1994.. — xi, 330 p. ; 23 cm. - Asian American history and culture.

Includes bibliographical references.

I. Introduction. The political economy of capitalist restructuring and the new Asian immigration. II. Immigration patterns. U.S. immigration policies and Asian migration -- Pacific Rim development and the duality of post-1965 Asian immigration to the United States -- Asian immigrants in Los Angeles: diversity and divisions. III. Economic incorporation. Asians in the Los Angeles garment industry -- The migration and incorporation of Filipino nurses -- Chinese-Vietnamese entrepreneurs in California. IV. Political struggles. The new Chinese immigration and the rise of Asian American politics in Monterey Park, California -- The Korean-Black conflict and the state -- Class constraints on racial solidarity among Asian Americans.



ISBN: 1566392179 (cloth : alk. paper) : $49.95 9781566392174 (cloth : alk. paper) 1566392187 (paper : alk. paper) : $22.95 9781566392181 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN: 93049863

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Immigrants--California--Los Angeles.
Asians--California--Los Angeles.
Asian Americans--California--Los Angeles.
Aziaten.
Immigranten.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Emigration and immigration.
Asia--Emigration and immigration.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Economic conditions.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social conditions.

LC Class. No.: JV6926.L67 / N49 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 305.895/079494