Book
Immigrant entrepreneurs: Koreans in Los Angeles, 1965-1982
University of California Press ; University of California Press, Ltd. • Berkeley And Los Angeles, Calif. • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Light, Ivan Hubert, Bonacich, Edna.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study Light and Bonacich focus on Korean entrepreneurship within the Los Angeles area and more broadly within the capitalist system of the United States. The authors trace the roots of Korean immigrants back to the conditions in Korea and in the United States that led to their disproportionate numbers in the self-employed category in the United States. Light and Bonacich's analysis concerns class and ethnic factors, and the roles of labor and big business. They focus on certain industries where Koreans have been predominant, such as the production and distribution of wigs, the garment industry, liquor sales, and other retail outlets.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Individual enterprise
- Mercantile business
- Retail businesses
- External migration
- Cultural participation
- Labor relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Korean Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ronald N. Johnson ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1975-1979
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1975-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Los Angeles, Calif., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ivan Light and Edna Bonacich
- Cultural and historical background information on Korea has been indexed for History and Culture Change (170)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-486) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87025541
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Korean Americans