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14. The Politics of Adaptation and the "Good Immigrant": Japanese Americans and the New Chinese Immigrants

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
  4. TABLES xiii
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  6. 1. Introduction 1
  7. PART I: WOMEN IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
  8. 2. Exploitation and Abuse in the Garment Industry: The Case of the Thai Slave-Labor Compound in El Monte 21
  9. 3. Through Economic Restructuring, Recession, and Rebound: The Continuing Importance of Latina Immigrant Labor in the Los Angeles Economy 46
  10. PART II: MACROECONOMICS
  11. 4. The Promises and Dilemmas of Immigrant Ethnic Economies 77
  12. 5. Economics and Ethnicity: Poverty, Race, and Immigration in Los Angeles County 102
  13. PART III: THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  14. 6. A Study of the Informal Economy and Latina/o Immigrants in Greater Los Angeles 141
  15. 7. Labor behind the Front Door: Domestic Workers in Urban and Suburban Households 169
  16. 8. Doing Business: Central American Enterprises in Los Angeles 188
  17. PART IV: CHANGING POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TERRAIN
  18. 9. Latino Street Vendors in Los Angeles: Heterogeneous Alliances, Community-Based Activism, and the State 217
  19. 10. The Politics of Social Services for a "Model Minority": The Union of Pan Asian Communities 241
  20. 11. Community Divided: Korean American Politics in Post-Civil Unrest Los Angeles 273
  21. 12. Constructing "Indianness" in Southern California: The Role of Hindu and Muslim Indian Immigrants 289
  22. 13. A New and Dynamic Community: The Case of Monterey Park, California 313
  23. 14. The Politics of Adaptation and the "Good Immigrant": Japanese Americans and the New Chinese Immigrants 332
  24. PART V: ETHNICITY, RACE, AND RACISM
  25. 15. Variation in Attitudes toward Immigrants Measured among Latino, African American, Asian, and Euro-American Students 353
  26. 16. Racialized Metropolis: Theorizing Asian American and Latino Identities and Ethnicities in Southern California 368
  27. PART VI: SOCIAL POLICY
  28. 17. Salvadoran Immigrants and Refugees: Demographic and Socioeconomic Profiles 393
  29. 18. Environmental Logic and Minority Communities 425
  30. Appendix to Chapter 15 449
  31. List of Contributors 451
  32. Index 457
Asian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy
This chapter is in the book Asian and Latino Immigrants in a Restructuring Economy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804780209-017

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
  4. TABLES xiii
  5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
  6. 1. Introduction 1
  7. PART I: WOMEN IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
  8. 2. Exploitation and Abuse in the Garment Industry: The Case of the Thai Slave-Labor Compound in El Monte 21
  9. 3. Through Economic Restructuring, Recession, and Rebound: The Continuing Importance of Latina Immigrant Labor in the Los Angeles Economy 46
  10. PART II: MACROECONOMICS
  11. 4. The Promises and Dilemmas of Immigrant Ethnic Economies 77
  12. 5. Economics and Ethnicity: Poverty, Race, and Immigration in Los Angeles County 102
  13. PART III: THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  14. 6. A Study of the Informal Economy and Latina/o Immigrants in Greater Los Angeles 141
  15. 7. Labor behind the Front Door: Domestic Workers in Urban and Suburban Households 169
  16. 8. Doing Business: Central American Enterprises in Los Angeles 188
  17. PART IV: CHANGING POLITICAL AND SOCIAL TERRAIN
  18. 9. Latino Street Vendors in Los Angeles: Heterogeneous Alliances, Community-Based Activism, and the State 217
  19. 10. The Politics of Social Services for a "Model Minority": The Union of Pan Asian Communities 241
  20. 11. Community Divided: Korean American Politics in Post-Civil Unrest Los Angeles 273
  21. 12. Constructing "Indianness" in Southern California: The Role of Hindu and Muslim Indian Immigrants 289
  22. 13. A New and Dynamic Community: The Case of Monterey Park, California 313
  23. 14. The Politics of Adaptation and the "Good Immigrant": Japanese Americans and the New Chinese Immigrants 332
  24. PART V: ETHNICITY, RACE, AND RACISM
  25. 15. Variation in Attitudes toward Immigrants Measured among Latino, African American, Asian, and Euro-American Students 353
  26. 16. Racialized Metropolis: Theorizing Asian American and Latino Identities and Ethnicities in Southern California 368
  27. PART VI: SOCIAL POLICY
  28. 17. Salvadoran Immigrants and Refugees: Demographic and Socioeconomic Profiles 393
  29. 18. Environmental Logic and Minority Communities 425
  30. Appendix to Chapter 15 449
  31. List of Contributors 451
  32. Index 457
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