Children's labour in ethnic family businesses: The case of Chinese take-away businesses in Britain

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 690-716

  Song, Miri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Family work contract'; 'Helping out'; Children; Chinese; Cultural identity; Ethnic business

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOUR; CHINESE PEOPLE; CULTURAL IDENTITY;

UK;

EID: 0031410806     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.1997.9993985     Document Type: Article

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