Historically, Chinese immigrants to the United States are a special group. They were
or almost were banned from 1882 to 1968. Since in 1968 the United States abolished
national origin quotas and eliminated national, race, or ancestry as a basis for
immigration, thousands of Chinese immigrants came to the United States. The total
population of Chinese immigrants to the US between 1980 and 2002 was 911,220,
whereas it was 136,843 between 1891 and 1979. Not only did the population of Chinese
immigrants have great change, the quality of Chinese immigrants also had substantial
difference from those immigrated in the last century. However, there are very limited
literatures focusing on the dynamics of Chinese immigration in these twenty years, which
is the most important time period for Chinese immigration.
The following study tries to describe the dynamics of Chinese immigration to the
United States between 1980 and 2002; and analyze the influence of the American
immigration laws on Chinese immigration. The dynamics of Chinese immigrants are
described and analyzed by different migration categories. Other social and economic
factors are added to comprehensively understand the change of Chinese immigration.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/2394 |
| Date | 29 August 2005 |
| Creators | Luo, Hua |
| Contributors | Poston, Dudley L., Jr. |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | 572492 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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