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The Chinese diaspora : space, place, mobility, and identity / edited by Laurence J.C. Ma and Carolyn Cartier.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Why of where
- The why of where
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese--Foreign countries.
- Chinese.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 400 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]
- Summary:
- Leading scholars in the field consider the profound importance of meanings of place and the spatial processes of mobility and settlement for the Chinese overseas.
- Contents:
- 1 Space, Place, and Transnationalism in the Chinese Diaspora / Laurence J. C. Ma 1
- 2 The Chinese Diaspora or the Migration of Chinese Peoples? / Ronald Skeldon 51
- Part I Historical and Contemporary Diasporas
- 3 Diaspora and Social Restructuring in Postcolonial Malaysia / Carolyn Cartier 69
- 4 Exclusion and Embeddedness: The Chinese in Thailand and Vietnam / Jonathan Rigg 97
- 5 A Diaspora of Chinese Settlement in Latin America and the Caribbean / Robert B. Kent 117
- Part II Hong Kong and Taiwan As Diasporic Homelands
- 6 Identity, Mobility, and the Making of the Chinese Diasporic Landscape in Hong Kong / George C. S. Lin 141
- 7 Who Are the Taiwanese? Taiwan in the Chinese Diaspora / Jack F. Williams 163
- Part III Ethnicity, Identity, and Diaspora As Home
- 8 Nation, Ethnicity, and Identity: Singapore and the Dynamics and Discourses of Chinese Migration / Lily Kong, Brenda Yeoh 193
- 9 Ethnic Identity and Business Solidarity: Chinese Capitalism Revisited / You-tien Hsing 221
- 10 Notions of Home among Diaspora Chinese in Germany / Maggi W. H. Leung 237
- Part IV Migration and Settlements in North America
- 11 Chinese Americans: Immigration, Settlement, and Social Geography / C. Cindy Fan 261
- 12 Community As Catalyst: The Chinese in Honolulu / Sen-dou Chang 293
- 13 From Downtown Slums to Suburban Malls: Chinese Migration and Settlement in Canada / David Chuenyan Lai 311
- Part V Transmigrants in Oceania
- 14 Chinese Immigrants and Transnationals in New Zealand: A Fortress Opened / Manying Ip 339
- 15 New Middle-Class Chinese Settlers in Australia and the Spatial Transformation of Settlement in Sydney / Chung-Tong Wu 359
- 16 Conclusion: Regions of Diaspora / Carolyn Cartier 379.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742517551
- 074251756X
- OCLC:
- 50773504
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