Los Angeles's Chinese Ethnoburb

From Ethnic Service Center to Global Economy Outpost

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670427
AutoresWei Li (0000-0002-3581-849X, University of Connecticut, autor de correspondencia)
Año1998
Volumen19
Número6
Páginas502-517
Fecha de publicación1998-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2747/0272-3638.19.6.502
OpenAlexW2030420638
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas41
Referencias citadas22

The spatial relationship between an ethnic economy and an ethnic community is a topic of debate. The question is whether an enclave can be related to a particular spatial residential form or considered only as an economic form. I have proposed a new model of ethnic settlement: ethnoburbs, which can be recognized as suburban ethnic clusters of residential areas and business districts in large metropolitan areas. The establishment of the Chinese ethnoburb in Los Angeles's San Gabriel Valley has occurred within a framework of global, national, and place-specific conditions. This paper will address the forces underlying the development of the San Gabriel Valley ethnoburb. In particular, I emphasize (1) the relationship between the growth of an ethnoburb and its economic structure, by demonstrating the changing functions of an ethno-burban ethnic economy with its extensive international connections and its close ties to the globalized mainstream economy; and (2) the nature of the San Gabriel Valley ethnoburb as a global economic outpost in the global city of Los Angeles

Archaeology · Business · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Ethnic community · Ethnic group · Geography · Global city · Mainstream · Metropolitan area · Political science · Service (business · Settlement (finance · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy