From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States

From Chinatown to Every Town explores the recent history of Chinese immigration within the United States and the fundamental changes in spatial settlement that have relocated many low—skilled Chinese immigrants from New York City's Chinatown to new immigrant destinations. Using a mixed—method approach over a decade in Chinatown and six destination states, sociologist Zai Liang specifically examines how the expansion and growing popularity of Chinese restaurants has shifted settlement to mor...