God in Chinatown: Religion and Survival in New York's Evolving Immigrant Community

by Kenneth J. Guest

Book Overview

An insightful look into the central role of religious community in the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to New York Chinatown yet

God in Chinatown is a path breaking study of the largest contemporary wave of new immigrants to Chinatown. Since the 1980s, tens of thousands of mostly rural Chinese have migrated from Fuzhou, on China's southeastern coast, to New York's Chinatown. Like the Cantonese who comprised the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814731546
• ISBN13: 9780814731543
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"