Andrea Valzania

The Integration Process and Social Mobility: Examining Chinese Immigration in the Industrial District of Prato

Is this description of Prato still true? Yes, of course, but there is more. Something is changing in Prato very fast, and the main protagonists of this change are the Chinese immigrants. This chapter focuses on this issue and is organised as follows: the first part introduces a framework for the analysis, the second part examines the level of integration of Chinese immigrants and the third part speculates on what may happen in the future.