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Immigrant entrepreneurs : Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982

Print Book, English, ©1988
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©1988
xi, 495 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780520061460, 9780520076563, 0520061462, 0520076567
16805557
Preface to the Paperback Edition Preface PART ONE INTRODUCTION I. Immigrant Entrepreneurs in America PART TWO THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT AND THE ROOTS OF EMIGRATION  2. Cheap Labor in South Korea: The U.S. Role 3. The Role of the Korean Government 4. Emigration from South Korea PART THREE KOREAN BUSINESS IN LOS ANGELES 5. Immigration and Settlement 6. Entrepreneurs and Firms 7. Class and Ethnic Resources 8. Business Location 9. The Retail Liquor Industry 10. Raising Capital 11. Sources of Entrepreneurship 12. Reaction and Solidarity PART FOUR KOREAN SMALL BUSINESS IN AMERICAN CAPITALISM 13. The Protection of U.S. Labor Standards 14. The Cheapness of Korean Immigrant Small Business  15. The Use of Korean Small Business by U.S. Capital  16. The Making of Immigrant Small Business  PART FIVE CONCLUSION 17. The Costs of Immigrant Entrepreneurship Appendix: Telephone Survey, 1977 Notes References Index