Chinese human smuggling organizations: families, social networks and cultural imperatives

Coming to America : illegal Chinese migration to the United States -- Becoming a snakehead -- Recruitment, preparation, and departure -- Smuggling activities in transit -- Arrival and payment collection -- Making money from human smuggling -- Organizational and operational characteristics -- The dya...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zhang, Sheldon X. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Contributor biographical information
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3101
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Keywords:
Illegal aliens > United States
Human smuggling > United States
Human smuggling > China
United States > Emigration and immigration
China > Emigration and immigration
USA > Menschenhandel > Chinesen
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Summary:Coming to America : illegal Chinese migration to the United States -- Becoming a snakehead -- Recruitment, preparation, and departure -- Smuggling activities in transit -- Arrival and payment collection -- Making money from human smuggling -- Organizational and operational characteristics -- The dyadic cartwheel network -- Human smuggling and traditional Chinese organized crime -- Women and Chinese human smuggling -- Future of Chinese human smuggling
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XXI, 281 S.
ISBN:0-8047-5741-0
978-0-8047-5741-6