In the face of diversity : a history of Chinese Australian community organisations, 1970s-2020s / Nathan D. Gardner Molina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner Molina, Nathan D.

Series:

China and the West in the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Australia.

Chinese.

Community centers--Australia.

Community centers.

Chinese--Identity--Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color).

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Sydney University Press 2025.

Summary:

"Has a united or singular “Chinese Australian community” ever actually existed? If so, is a united community a means to an end or an end in itself? And where might this community sit in contemporary multicultural Australia? In the Face of Diversity offers answers to these questions with the history of more than a dozen Chinese Australian community organisations from across the country, drawing on the English- and Chinese-language materials produced by these organisations, as well as interviews with past and present leaders. Instead of a single community, the evidence demonstrates the existence of many diverse Chinese Australian communities. Familiar and fascinating moments of recent Australian history are treated with new and evocative perspectives in relation to Chinese Australian communities, from the official turn away from the White Australia policy and embrace of multiculturalism in the 1970s to the debate about China’s influence upon Australian politics and society, beginning in the 2010s and continuing into the present."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on May 21, 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74332-999-7

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.