Taking a global and comparative perspective, this book addresses three important aspects of immigrant adaptation in multiethnic contexts: immigrant and racial/ethnic residential patterns, inter-group relations, and immigrant adaptation process, examing the topic at the city ecological level, inter-group level, and individual level.

1. Introduction Eric Fong, Lan-hung Nora Chiang and Nancy Denton Immigrant/Racial/Ethnic Residential Patterns in Multi-Ethnic Cities 2. The Dynamics of Immigrant Residential Incorporation in the United States: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Challenges John Iceland 3. Partial Residential Integration: Suburban Residential Patterns of New Immigrant Groups in a Multi-Ethnic Context Eric Fong 4. Asian Immigrants in Vancouver: From Caste to Class in Socio-Spatial Segregation? David Ley 5. Are Native "Flights" from Immigration "Port of Entry" Pushed by Immigrants?: Evidence from Taiwan Ji-Ping Lin Group Relations in Multi-Ethnic Cities 6. Diversity in People and Places: Multiracial People in U.S. Society Nancy Denton 7. Openness to Inter-Ethnic Relationships for Chinese and South Asian Canadians: The Role of Canadian Identity Richard N. Lalonde and Ayse Uskul 8. The Contradictory Nature of Multiculturalism: Mainland Chinese Immigrants' Perspectives and Their Onward Emigration from Canada Elaine Lynn-Ee Ho 9. The Perception of Social Distance in a Multi-Ethnic Society: The Case of Taiwan Yu-Hua Chen and Chin-Chun Yi Immigrant Adaptation in Multi-Ethnic Cities 10. Diversity of Asian Immigrants and Their Roles in the Making of Multicultural Cities in Canada Shuguang Wang and Paul Du 11. Family Forms Among First and Second Generation Immigrants in Metropolitan America, 1960-2009 Tim Liao and Berkay Özcan 12. Different Voices: Identity Formation of Early Taiwanese Migrants in Canada Lan-hung Nora Chiang Conclusion 13. Conclusion Eric Fong, Lan-hung Nora Chiang and Nancy Denton

Eric Fong is a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. He is former President of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association and current Vice President of the Canadian Population Society.

Nora Chiang is a professor in the Department of Geography at National Taiwan University, as well as Associate Dean in the College of Science in that University.

Nancy A. Denton is Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York where she is also Director of the Lewis Mumford Center for Urban and Regional Research and Associate Director of the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis.