Hong Kong movers and stayers
Subtitle: narratives of family migration
By: Janet W. Salaff, Siu-lun Wong, and Arent Greve.
Contributors: Wong, Siu-lun.; Greve, Arent.
Series: Studies of world migrations
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252035180; 9780252077043
Subjects: Families -- China -- Hong Kong; Chinese -- Migrations; Immigrants -- China -- Hong Kong -- Family relationships; Immigrants -- China -- Hong Kong -- Biography; Hong Kong (China) -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects; Hong Kong (China) -- Social conditions; Hong Kong (China) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hong Kong institutions and family migration; title: Hong Kong's institutional background; title: pt. 1. Cosmopolitan emigrants; title: The Luk family : exit and return of emigrant planners; title: The Chou and Leung families : immigrant entrepreneurs; title: Francis Kwong, manager : the professional's dilemma; title: pt. 2. The rooted : ties to Hong Kong deter migration; title: The Gungs : Hong Kong locals; title: The Ongs : a non-emigrant trading family; title: The Wan family : the extended family emigrates; title: pt. 3. Working class families : unlikely emigrants; title: The Szeto family : "nowhere to run"; title: The Hung family : cancelled migration dreams; title: The Chia family : constructing Hong Kong as the place to be; title: Conclusion: Movers and stayers.