谈美国华人移民的趋势与未来走向 ：比较早期和近代的中国移民 = The trend of Chinese immigration to America : a comparative study between early and modern immigrants

• Main Author: 陈秋琳 Tan, Chew Lin
• Other Authors: Ong Soon Keong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: Chinese
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Chinese
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62327
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

在 19 世纪，华人是最早抵达美国的移民群体之一。两个世纪后，美国仍是近代中国人的移民首选国。因此，有许多研究都投入于了解造成这个移民趋势的因素。 目前，有许多关于美籍华人和华侨的研究；有的是总概括，而有的是单研究早期或近代的美国华人移民。可是，把两个世纪的美国华人作为比较的研究却非常罕见。因此，本文将收集这些资料并作出比较，希望能够给美国华人研究提供另一个视角。本文希望通过比较早期和近代的美国华人移民，从而体现出这两个时代之间的差别，了解它们之间的因素是否有连贯性。只有理解这些连贯性和差别，才能对未来中国移民趋势 有新的见解。本文也希望这些结论有助于那些想改变未来移民趋势的研究，了解现今移民因素的根本，从中提出对症下药的方法。本文主要分为（1）移民的来源和原因（2）华人在美国的生活（3）美国华人移民的未来。第一部分将会讨论中国移民的来源地区以及移民到美国的推力和拉力。接着，本文会分析这些属不同时代的推和拉力是否有连贯性以及它们对未来移民趋势的影响。第二部分将转注于中国人移民到美国后的生活。目的是因为他们在美国的生活处境将会影响他们继续在美国逗留的决定，也会列入那些想移民到美国的人的考虑范围中。最后，本文将参考前两部分的分析，推断未来的移民走向。 Chinese are one of the earliest immigrants who reached the shores of America in the 19th century. Two centuries later, America still remain as the top country of choice for modern Chinese immigrants. Hence, it is unsurprising that many studies have been done to learn more about the reasons behind this migration trend. However, most of these studies are mainly focused on immigrants from a certain time period and only a rare few had ventured into comparative research between early and modern immigrants. Therefore, this paper aims to broaden the field of American Chinese study by comparing early and modern immigrants. By doing so, this paper hopes that it will give light to any apparent connections between the factors across the time period, and gives new insights to future studies that explore the possibility of manipulating this migration trend. This paper will have two key areas of discussion. First, it will identify the different push and pull factors that motivates the early and modern Chinese to leave their home country. It will then analyse whether there are any connections between these factors and how they may affect future migration pattern. Secondly, this paper will focus on post-migration life of the Chinese immigrants. It is important to understand how post-migration life affects the Chinese as it will influence their decision to remain in America as well as those who intends to migrate to America. The paper will conclude with a prediction on future migration trend as well as possibilities in the future that might break this pattern.