Global connectivity, local consumption, and Chinese immigrant experience

GeoJournal

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 183-194

  Wang, Lu ^a   Lo, Lucia ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants; Consumption; Ethnicity; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SHOPPING CENTERS;

ETHNICITY; IMMIGRATION; TRANSNATIONALISM;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ETHNICITY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; WORLD CITY;

ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 34347343775     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9082-z     Document Type: Article

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