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Routledge
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The essays reprinted here trace the history of Chinese emigration into the Pacific region, first as individuals, traders or exiles, moving into the 'Nanyang' (Southeast Asia), then as a mass migration across the ocean after the mid-19th century. The papers include discussions of what it meant to be Chinese, the position of the migrants vis-Ã -vis China itself, and their relations with indigenous... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Bibliography; Part 1 Concepts and Overview: Conceptualizing Chinese diasporas 1842 to 1949, Adam McKeown; The distribution and occupations of overseas Chinese, Chang Sen-Dou. Part 2 Migration, Interaction and Hybridity in Southeast Asia: Change and persistence in Chinese culture overseas: a comparison of Thailand and Java, G. William Skinner; Mac Thien Tu and Phrayataksin: a survey of their political stand. Conflicts and background, Chen Chingho A. The Chinaman abroad: an account of the Malayan Archipelago, particularly of Java, Ong Tae-Hae [Wang Dahai]; The Chinese mestizo in Philippine history, E.Wickberg. Part 3 Around the Pacific: Chinese emigration to Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Persia Crawford Campbell; The Chinese struggle for civil rights in 19th-century America: the first phase, 1850-1870, Charles J. McClain Jr; Origins of the Chinese in the South Pacific islands, W.E. Willmott; From gold mountain women to astronauts' wives: challenges to New Zealand Chinese women, Ip Manying. Part 4 Between Nationalisms: A note on the origins of Hua-Ch'iao, Wang Gungwu; The overseas Chinese and the 1911 revolution, Yen Ching-hwang; Pigtail: a pre-history of Chineseness in Siam, Kasian Tejapira; Index.
Biography
Anthony Reid was Director of the Asia Research Institute and Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore.
