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The last half century of Chinese overseas

Title
The last half century of Chinese overseas / edited by Elizabeth Sinn.
Publication
Aberdeen, Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1998.

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Sinn, Elizabeth.
Description
xiii, 508 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
"The papers collected in this anthology look at Chinese overseas residing in five continents in the half century after the Second World War from many new perspectives. Some papers raise questions about the Chinese diaspora on broad conceptual terms, and inquire into the meaning of 'being Chinese' outside China. Other papers examine their lives in local communities, analysing how historical and contemporary circumstances affect their lives and the ways they negotiate their identity in the host country." "This volume will no doubt go a long way both to broaden and deepen our understanding of the Chinese overseas, and, by showing the many possibilities for further investigation, to strengthen 'Chinese overseas' as a field of study."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • "... papers presented at 'The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas: Comparative Perspectives' Conference held from 19 to 21 December 1994"--P. [ix].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [487]-508).
Language (note)
  • English and Chinese.
Contents
1. Introduction: Migration and New National Identities / Wang Gungwu 1 -- 2. Upgrading the Migrant: Neither Huaqiao nor Huaren / Wang Gungwu 15 -- 3. Groundlessness and Utopia: The Chinese Diaspora and Territory / Emmanuel Ma Mung 35 -- 4. The Xiao Yucan Principle and Its Historical Destiny / Zhou Nanjing 49 -- Part II Identity and Ethnicity 63 -- 5. Preserving Bukit China: The Cultural Politics of Landscape Interpretation in Melaka's Chinese Cemetery / Carolyn L. Cartier 65 -- 6. Representations of 'the Chinese' and 'Ethnicity' in British Racial Discourse / Suk-Tak Tam 81 -- 7. Emerging British Chinese Identities: Issues and Problems / David Parker 91 -- 8. Integration or Segregation: The Dutch and South African Chinese Compared / Karen L. Harris, Frank N. Pieke 115 -- Part III The Diaspora in Europe 139 -- 9 Chinese Immigrants in Denmark After 1949: Immigration Patterns and Development / Mette Thun 141 -- 10. Living Among Three Walls? The Perankan Chinese in the Netherlands / Li Minghuan 167 -- 11. The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris / Michelle Guillon 185 -- Part IV The Asia Pacific Front 201 -- 12. Becoming 'Chinese Canadian': The Genesis of a Cultural Category / Wing Chung Ng 203 -- 13. Political Participation Amongst Chinese Canadians: The Road to the 1993 Election / Diana Lary 217 -- 14. The Chinese and Their Chinese Community in Kobe / Yasui Sankichi 229 -- 15. The Indigenization of Overseas Chinese in Japan as Seen from the Indigenization of Their Education / Zhu Huiling 241 -- 16. The Changing Pattern of the Vietnamese Chinese Economy, 1975-1993 / Huang Xiaojian 261 -- Part V New Focus on Australia 277 -- 17. Astronaut Families and Parachute Children: Hong Kong Immigrants in Australia / Rogelia Pe-Pua, Colleen Mitchell, Stephen Castles, Robyn Iredale 279 -- 18. The Changing Characteristics of Chinese Migrants to Australia During the 1980s and Early 1990s / James E. Coughlan 299 -- 19. Gold Mountain No More: Impressions of Australian Society Among Recent Asian Immigrants / David F. Ip, Chung-Tong Wu, Christine Inglis 347 -- Part VI Chinese Overseas in Comparative Perspectives 371 -- 20 Chinese Immigration to Australia and South Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Legislative Control / Karen L. Harris, Jan Ryan 373 -- 21. Settlement Experiences of Recent Chinese Immigrants in Australia: A Comparison of Settlers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China / Chung-Tong Wu, David F. Ip, Christine Inglis, Ikuo Kawakami, Karel Duivenvoorden 391 -- Part VII Ethnicity, Religion and Communal Development and Qiaoxiang: Chinese Overseas and the Home Village 423 -- 22. The Role of the True Jesus Church in the Communal Development of the Chinese People in Elgin, Scotland / Garland Liu 425 -- 23. The Migration of Minorities in Modern China / Tan Tianxing 447 -- 24. Report of Fieldwork on the Returned Overseas Chinese of South Korea in Rizhao City, Shandong Province / Chao Zhongchen 463 -- 25. Emigration of Hakka from China after the Second World War / Huang Jing 475.
ISBN
  • 9622094465
  • 9789622094468
LCCN
98159753
OCLC
  • ocm39151801
  • 39151801
  • SCSB-14446669
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library