INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART 1: Exploring the Ethnic Suburb
7. 1. Ethnicity and Space 11
8. 2. Ethnoburb: An Alternative Ethnic Settlement 29
9. PART 2: The Los Angeles Chinese Ethnoburb
10. 3. Changing Chinese Settlement 53
11. 4. Building Ethnoburbia 79
12. 5. From Ethnic Service Center to Global Economic Outpost 100
13. 6. Anatomy of an Ethnoburb 118
14. 7. Portraits of Ethnoburban Chinese 150
15. PART 3: Ethnoburbs of North America
16. 8. Opportunities and Challenges for Ethnoburbs 171
17. NOTES 185
18. REFERENCES 193
19. INDEX 209