{"product_id":"9781405192910","title":"Millionaire Migrants Trans-Pacific Life Lines","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRGS-IBG Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMillionaire Migrants\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTrans-Pacific Life Lines\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavid Ley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ International \/ Economics \u0026amp; Trade\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBased on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn interdisciplinary project based on over 15 years of research in Vancouver, Toronto, and Hong Kong, with additional comparative visits and consultations in Sydney, Beijing, and Singapore\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the histories of the migrants families over a 25 year period\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a critical view of the spatial presuppositions of neo-liberal globalization, and an insertion of geography into transnational theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Ley\u003c\/b\u003e is Canada Research Chair of Geography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. His research examines the social geography of gateway cities, including relations between immigration and urbanisation, and gentrification and housing markets. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Middle Class and the Remaking of the Central City \u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and \u003ci\u003eA Social Geography of the City\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), co-author of \u003ci\u003eNeighbourhood Organizations and the Welfare State\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003ePlace\/Culture\/Representation\u003c\/i\u003e (1993). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Pierre Trudeau Foundation.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 April 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405192910\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310497591436,"sku":"9781405192910","price":88.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405192910.jpg?v=1780159366","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405192910","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}