Hidden in plain sight: Global labor force exchange in the Chinese American population, 1880-1940

Population and Development Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-78

  Chew, Kenneth S Y ^a   Liu, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544376168     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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