Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations Families, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives

Name: Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations Families, Social Networks, and Cultural Imperatives
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ISBN: 9780804757416

ISBN-10: 0804757410

ISBN-13: 9780804757416

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sheldon X. Zhang

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Based on years of fieldwork and interviews with 129 human smugglers as well as scores of government and law enforcement officials, this book presents a rare look into the secretive world of the "snakeheads" (human smugglers), whose ingenious endeavors have transported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants into the United States and other Western countries. The book is rich with vivid accounts of how groups of opportunistic entrepreneurs form loosely connected social circles to accomplish seemingly complex transnational negotiations. Zhang's findings and analyses challenge many widespread misconceptions about these smugglers in particular and Chinese organized crime in general. Bound…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/7/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Snakeheads and Human Smuggling Operations



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



The Human Smuggling Organization



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


Epilogue



Research Sites



Research Method


Notes


Glossary


References


Index