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Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora

Door Lynn Pan

Categorie
Geschiedenis Azië
Boeknummer
#269287
Titel
Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora
Auteur
Pan, Lynn
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Kodansha International
Jaar van uitgave
1994
ISBN10
1568360320
ISBN13
9781568360324
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S GREATIEST CONTINUING MIGRATION

The Chinese Diaspora stretches all over the world. It represents the most widespread and prolonged series of migrations by one nation ever. Chinese emigrants have been tycoons in Hong Kong and America, coolies in Peru and South Africa, underworld gangsters in San Francisco and Bangkok. Today, whether as near-slave laborers on illicit planes and freighters, or as bankers and traders from a world network of high finance, the Chinese are on the move as much as ever.

In this rich blend of history, biography, and travel, noted author Lynn Pan recounts why emigrants have left China; how their dispersal has been shaped and stimulated by imperialist Western powers; and how the all-male frontier groups were transfor... (Lees verder)med into complex communities organized by clan, dialect, and secret society. In the process, she takes us inside the supposedly closed world of the overseas Chinese and shows how, in a curious boomerang effect, these expatriates are currently changing the supposedly eternal face of China-perhaps forever. A new afterword by the author comments on the ironies that result when multiculturalism and emigrant culture meet head-on.
Pagina's
418
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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