| Description |
viii, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Why of where
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| Notes |
Includes tables. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Space, Place, and Transnationalism in the Chinese Diaspora / Laurence J. C. Ma -- 2. The Chinese Diaspora or the Migration of Chinese Peoples? / Ronald Skeldon -- 3. Diaspora and Social Restructuring in Postcolonial Malaysia / Carolyn Cartier -- 4. Exclusion and Embeddedness: The Chinese in Thailand and Vietnam / Jonathan Rigg -- 5. A Diaspora of Chinese Settlement in Latin America and the Caribbean / Robert B. Kent -- 6. Identity, Mobility, and the Making of the Chinese Diasporic Landscape in Hong Kong / George C. S. Lin -- 7. Who Are the Taiwanese? Taiwan in the Chinese Diaspora / Jack F. Williams -- 8. Nation, Ethnicity, and Identity: Singapore and the Dynamics and Discourses of Chinese Migration / Lily Kong and Brenda Yeoh -- 9. Ethnic Identity and Business Solidarity: Chinese Capitalism Revisited / You-tien Hsing -- 10. Notions of Home among Diaspora Chinese in Germany / Maggi W. H. Leung -- 11. Chinese Americans: Immigration, Settlement, and Social Geography / C. Cindy Fan -- 12. Community As Catalyst: The Chinese in Honolulu / Sen-dou Chang -- 13. From Downtown Slums to Suburban Malls: Chinese Migration and Settlement in Canada / David Chuenyan Lai -- 14. Chinese Immigrants and Transnationals in New Zealand: A Fortress Opened / Manying Ip -- 15. New Middle-Class Chinese Settlers in Australia and the Spatial Transformation of Settlement in Sydney / Chung-Tong Wu -- 16. Conclusion: Regions of Diaspora / Carolyn Cartier. |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Foreign countries.
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| Alternate Author |
Ma, Laurence J. C., 1937-
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Cartier, Carolyn L.
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| ISBN |
074251756X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0742517551 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Call Number |
DS732 .C56 2003 |
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