Chinese human smuggling organizations:families, social networks, and cultural imperatives
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Stanford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Stanford, Calif. |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxi, 281 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780804757416 (alk. paper) 0804757410 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D669 |
CLC: |
D669 D771.238 |
Call Number: | D669/Z633 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-271) and index. 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 in America -- 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 -- The future of Chinese human smuggling. |