ABSTRACT
Lin and Robinson consider the emergence of the Chinese ethnic suburb or “ethnoburb” of the San Gabriel Valleyof Los Angeles. The presence of ethnoburbs challenges traditional assumptions in urban sociology regardingthe spatial and social assimilation of immigrants to American life, namely that immigrant enclaves would dispersewith the residential outmovement to the middle-class suburbs. They associate the rise of ethnoburbs with convergenthistorical processes including the passing of civil rights legislation, the liberalization of U.S. immigrationpolicy, and the globalization of the urban economy. The rise and expansion of the Chinese ethnoburb also tookplace against the backdrop of white flight to exurban residential areas in Los Angeles County and Orange County.
