Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration Book

Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration, Half a million Hong Kong residents fled their homeland during the thirteen years before Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997—and nearly half of those returned within several years of leaving. Filled with detailed, first-hand stories of nine Hong Kong f, Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration

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Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration
Written by author Janet W. Salaff
Published by University of Illinois Press, February 2010
Half a million Hong Kong residents fled their homeland during the thirteen years before Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997—and nearly half of those returned within several years of leaving. Filled with detailed, first-hand stories of nine Hong Kong f
Half a million Hong Kong residents fled their homeland during the thirteen years before Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997-and nearly half of those returned within several years of leaving. Filled with detailed, first-hand stories of nine Hong Kong f

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Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

1 Institutional Theory and Family Migration 1

2 Hong Kong's Institutional Background 18

Part 1 Cosmopolitan Emigrants

3 The Luk Family: Exit and Return of Emigrant Planners 35

4 The Chou and Leung Families:'Immigrant Entrepreneurs 58

5 Francis Kwong: The Professional's Dilemma 80

Part 2 The Rooted: Ties To Hong Kong Deter Migration

6 The Gung Family: Hong Kong Locals 101

7 The Ongs: A Nonemigrant Trading Family 118

8 Brian Wan: The Extended Family Emigrates 135

Part 3 working Class Families: Unlikely Emigrants

9 The Szeto Family: Nowhere to Run 159

10 The Hung Family: Canceled Migration Dreams 180

11 The Chia Brothers: Constructing Hong Kong as the Place to Be 200

12 Conclusion: Movers and Stayers 217

Notes 231

References 235

Index 257

Title: Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration

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Item Number: 9780252035180

Publication Date: February 2010

Number: 1

Product Description: Full Name: Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration; Short Name:Hong Kong Movers and Stayers

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 6.000 cm (2.36 inches)

Heigh : 9.100 cm (3.58 inches)

Depth: 0.900 cm (0.35 inches)

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