Globalization and transnational migration: A study of recent Chinese capitalist migration from the Asian Pacific to Canada

International Sociology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-351

  Wong, Lloyd L ^a,b,c  

^a Okanagan University College   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capitalist; Chinese; Globalization; Migration; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944456241     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026858097012003004     Document Type: Article

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