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Approaching Transnationalisms

Studies on Transnational Societies, Multicultural Contacts, and Imaginings of Home

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Editors:
  1. Brenda S. A. Yeoh

    1. National University of Singapore, Singapore

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  2. Michael W. Charney

    1. University of London, UK

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  3. Tong Chee Kiong

    1. National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Approaching Transnationalisms

    1. Approaching Transnationalisms

      • Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Karen P. Y. Lai, Michael W. Charney, Tong Chee Kiong
      Pages 1-12

  3. Constructing Transnational Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Transnationalism and Citizenship

      • Michael Peter Smith
      Pages 15-38

    3. The Role of New Arrivals in Hong Kong’s Economic Imaginary

      • Alan Smart
      Pages 39-59

    4. Ethnic Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, and the Enclave

      • Janet W. Salaff, Arent Greve, Wong Siu-Lun, Lynn Xu Li Ping
      Pages 61-82

    5. Change Management and Consultants

      • Thomas Menkhoff, Lena Kay
      Pages 83-93

  4. Multicultural Contacts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 94-94
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    2. Recognizing Cultural Diversity and Renegotiating Civic Citizenship

      • Henry D. Min-hsi Chan
      Pages 97-121

    3. School of the Nation

      • Richard L. Derderian
      Pages 123-139

    4. Multicultural Society and Intercultural Education

      • Klaus F. Geiger
      Pages 141-159

    5. Housing Ethnicity

      • Ruth Fincher, Lauren Costello
      Pages 161-186

    6. The Floating Body and the Disappearing Border

      • Dian Li
      Pages 187-202

  5. Imaginings of Home and Community

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. Haitian Immigrants in the United States

      • Georges E. Fouron
      Pages 205-250

    3. Essentializing Chinese Identity

      • Gregor Benton, Edmund Terence Gomez
      Pages 251-300

    4. Architects of a Discourse?

      • Andrew Hardy
      Pages 301-320

    5. A Tale of Two Communities

      • Habibul Haque Khondker
      Pages 321-336

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 337-392
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About this book

The term 'transnationalism' has gained considerable academic and popular currency despite a lack of clear definitions, in part because its overall form changes as its influence incorporates additional spheres of daily life on a variety of scales and contexts.

The purpose of this volume is to bring together different perspectives on this phenomenon, using case studies that represent some of the most current thinking on 'transnationalism' in a wide range of disciplines. Central themes which this book explores include legal and economic reactions to transnational migration; the (re)negotiation of identities in the context of changing national, social and cultural identities; and the emergence of new imaginings of home and social space in transnational communities. Approaching Transnationalisms: Studies on Transnational Societies, Multicultural Contacts and Imaginings of Home foregrounds powerful transnational forces crossing the boundaries of nation-states, and at the same time, gives attention to the continued significance of the nation-state and the diversity of localized reactions to transnational challenges.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Tong Chee Kiong

  • University of London, UK

    Michael W. Charney

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Approaching Transnationalisms

  • Book Subtitle: Studies on Transnational Societies, Multicultural Contacts, and Imaginings of Home

  • Editors: Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Michael W. Charney, Tong Chee Kiong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9220-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7447-9Published: 30 June 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4844-3Published: 04 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9220-8Published: 28 June 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 392

  • Topics: Economic Geography, Regional/Spatial Science, Anthropology, Entrepreneurship, Political Science

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