Changing Practices and Shifting Perceptions: Chinese Immigrants “Integrating” into the Engineering Profession in Canada

2015 ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Hongxia Shan
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
Changing Practices

ADHD Underdiagnosed in N.Y. Chinese Immigrants

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
SHERRY BOSCHERT
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Immigrants

Experiences of stigma-related emotions among Chinese immigrants with schizophrenia

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Lai ◽  
Hsiao-Jung Lin ◽  
Szuyeh Chen ◽  
Valerie Jackson ◽  
Lawrence H. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Immigrants

Analysis of universal and culture-specific stereotyping among Chinese immigrants with schizophrenia

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia R. Melvin ◽  
Yu C. Ho ◽  
Seohyun Kim ◽  
Jenny Kim ◽  
Robin Hardin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Immigrants

Future organisation of the engineering profession

1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (12) ◽  
pp. 490
Author(s):  
A.J. Horsell
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Profession

Cross-space Consumption among Undocumented Chinese Immigrants in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Zhou ◽  
Xiangyi Li
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Currency Exchange ◽  
The Social ◽  
International Migrants

We consider cross-space consumption as a form of transnational practice among international migrants. In this paper, we develop the idea of the social value of consumption and use it to explain this particular form of transnationalism. We consider the act of consumption to have not only functional value that satisfies material needs but also a set of nonfunctional values, social value included, that confer symbolic meanings and social status. We argue that cross-space consumption enables international migrants to take advantage of differences in economic development, currency exchange rates, and social structures between countries of destination and origin to maximize their expression of social status and to perform or regain social status. Drawing on a multisited ethnographic study of consumption patterns in migrant hometowns in Fuzhou, China, and in-depth interviews with undocumented Chinese immigrants in New York and their left-behind family members, we find that, despite the vulnerabilities and precarious circumstances associated with the lack of citizenship rights in the host society, undocumented immigrants manage to realize the social value of consumption across national borders and do so through conspicuous consumption, reciprocal consumption, and vicarious consumption in their hometowns even without being physically present there. We conclude that, while cross-space consumption benefits individual migrants, left-behind families, and their hometowns, it serves to revive tradition in ways that fuel extravagant rituals, drive up costs of living, reinforce existing social inequality, and create pressure for continual emigration.

Brakes along the Line

1992 ◽  
Vol 206 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-91
Author(s):  
M J Leigh
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Automobile Industry ◽  
Engineering Profession ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Multiple Units

The Railway Division Chairman reviews his career in railway braking with Davies and Metcalfe, including his apprenticeship in the automobile industry. He outlines his involvement with various multiple units in the United Kingdom and Australia, discussing the brake blending with its possibilities. The outcome of locomotive brake competition in the direct release market is described and the advantages of two-pipe brake systems for both direct and graduable braking are highlighted. He concludes by mentioning training and the engineering profession.

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