 | Reconstructing Chinatown: Ethnic Enclave, Global Change Subjects: Chinatown (NewYork N.Y.) -- Politics and government; Chinatown (New York N.Y.) -- Economic conditions; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government; New York (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions; Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and; In the American popular imagination, Chinatown is a mysterious and dangerous place, clannish and dilapidated, filled with sweatshops, vice, and organized crime. In this well-written and engaging volume, Jan Lin presents a real-world picture of New York CityOCOs Chinatown, countering this OC orientalistOCO view by looking at the human dimensions and the larger forces of globalization that make this vital neighborhood both unique and broadly instructive." |
