长期以来 ,无论是在中国境内还是境外 ,对有关海外华人历史和现状的研究大都集中于东南亚地区。随着北美逐渐成为华人再移民和新移民的目的地 ,以及美国多元文化浪潮影响下亚美族裔研究 (Asian -AmericanStudies)的兴盛 ,美国、加拿大华人社会成为新的研究重点。然而 ,上述两个 For a long time, most of the studies on the history and current status of overseas Chinese, whether in or outside of China, are concentrated in Southeast Asia. As North America gradually becomes the destination of Chinese immigrants and new immigrants, and the prosperity of the Asian-American Studies under the influence of multiculturalism in the United States, the Chinese community in Canada and the United States has become a new focus of research. However, both of the above