Name/Title
The Chinese Laundryman: A Study of Social IsolationEntry/Object ID
2005.026.00012Description
Sio's work, researched in the 1930s, was completed as a dissertation in 1953 at the University of Chicago's School of Sociology. It is an intimate insider's look at the life and work of Chinese hand laundry workers in Chicago, and is one of the most insightful participant observation studies of this kind. Dr. Siu, himself the son of a laundryman, introduces in it the key sociological concept of the "sojourner" and explores the whole nature of immigrant economies, hardcover, 311 pagesBook Details
Author
Paul C.P. SiuDate Published
1987ISBN
0-8147-7859-3