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The encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas / general editor, Lynn Pan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999Description: 399 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0674252101
  • 9780674252103
Other title:
  • Encyclopaedia of the Chinese overseas
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 304.80951
LOC classification:
  • DS732. E53 1999
Contents:
Foreword -- Guide to the Use of the Encyclopedia and Editorial Conventions -- List of Figures, Tables and Maps -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Part I. Origins -- Overview -- China as ancestral homeland -- Cultural origins -- Regional Origins -- Speech areas -- The Concept of Qiaoxiang Guangdong qiaoxiang architecture -- Emigrant communities in Fujian -- Emigrant communities in Guangdong -- Emigrant communities in Zhejiang -- Emigrant communities in Hainan Border regions -- Part II. Migration -- Migration in China -- Colonization and resettlement -- Sojourning'Floating populations'Emigration from China -- Contexts: 1100s-1910s -- Between Departure and Arrival -- Contexts: Post-World War IIPatterns of Migration -- Trade diasporas -- Lab our. Migration -- Sojourning and chain migration -- Student migration -- Return migration and re-migration -- Clandestine Migration -- Recruitment of workers for Britain and France -- The case of Hong Kong -- Patterns of Chinese migration to Europe -- Part III. Institutions -- The Order of Things in China -- Rural society -- Urban society -- The Overseas Chinese Family -- The Chinese family in the Straits Settlements -- Religion Overseas Chinese Organizations -- General -- Pre-World War II -- Post-World War II -- Chinese pan-European organizations -- Chinese Business Organizations -- Networkorganizations -- Conglomerates -- Chinese business networks: A hypothetical dialogue -- Part IV. Relations -- Relations with China -- China's policies towards overseas Chinese -- The Chinese overseas cycle -- Three bearers of 'Western learning' -- Sun Yat-sen -- Nationalism among the overseas Chinese -- Zou Rong -- Hong Kong's role in the relationship between China and the overseas Chinese -- Overseas Chinese remittances -- Overseas Chinese investments in China -- Charoen Pokphand's investments in China -- Relations with non-Chinese -- Ethnicity -- Being Chinese in the modern world -- Business relations with non-Chinese -- Multi-layered identities: Overseas Chinese artists in the 20th century -- Cross-cultural cinema -- Contemporary emigre writers -- Part V. Communities -- Southeast Asia -- Brunei -- Burma (Myanmar)Cambodia -- Indonesia -- Laos -- Malaysia -- The Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Vietnam -- The Americas -- Canada -- The Caribbean -- Spanish America -- The United States -- Australasia And Oceania -- Australia -- New Zealand -- The South Pacific -- Fiji -- Nauru -- New Caledonia -- Papua New Guinea -- The Solomon Islands -- Tahiti -- Tonga -- Vanuatu -- Western Samoa -- Europe -- Britain -- France -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Russia -- East Asia -- Japan -- Korea -- Indian Ocean and Africa -- India -- Madagascar -- Mauritius -- Reunion Island -- South Africa -- Timelines -- Acknowledgements -- Chinese Character List.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-387) and index.

Foreword -- Guide to the Use of the Encyclopedia and Editorial Conventions -- List of Figures, Tables and Maps -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Part I. Origins -- Overview -- China as ancestral homeland -- Cultural origins -- Regional Origins -- Speech areas -- The Concept of Qiaoxiang Guangdong qiaoxiang architecture -- Emigrant communities in Fujian -- Emigrant communities in Guangdong -- Emigrant communities in Zhejiang -- Emigrant communities in Hainan Border regions -- Part II. Migration -- Migration in China -- Colonization and resettlement -- Sojourning'Floating populations'Emigration from China -- Contexts: 1100s-1910s -- Between Departure and Arrival -- Contexts: Post-World War IIPatterns of Migration -- Trade diasporas -- Lab our. Migration -- Sojourning and chain migration -- Student migration -- Return migration and re-migration -- Clandestine Migration -- Recruitment of workers for Britain and France -- The case of Hong Kong -- Patterns of Chinese migration to Europe -- Part III. Institutions -- The Order of Things in China -- Rural society -- Urban society -- The Overseas Chinese Family -- The Chinese family in the Straits Settlements -- Religion Overseas Chinese Organizations -- General -- Pre-World War II -- Post-World War II -- Chinese pan-European organizations -- Chinese Business Organizations -- Networkorganizations -- Conglomerates -- Chinese business networks: A hypothetical dialogue -- Part IV. Relations -- Relations with China -- China's policies towards overseas Chinese -- The Chinese overseas cycle -- Three bearers of 'Western learning' -- Sun Yat-sen -- Nationalism among the overseas Chinese -- Zou Rong -- Hong Kong's role in the relationship between China and the overseas Chinese -- Overseas Chinese remittances -- Overseas Chinese investments in China -- Charoen Pokphand's investments in China -- Relations with non-Chinese -- Ethnicity -- Being Chinese in the modern world -- Business relations with non-Chinese -- Multi-layered identities: Overseas Chinese artists in the 20th century -- Cross-cultural cinema -- Contemporary emigre writers -- Part V. Communities -- Southeast Asia -- Brunei -- Burma (Myanmar)Cambodia -- Indonesia -- Laos -- Malaysia -- The Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Vietnam -- The Americas -- Canada -- The Caribbean -- Spanish America -- The United States -- Australasia And Oceania -- Australia -- New Zealand -- The South Pacific -- Fiji -- Nauru -- New Caledonia -- Papua New Guinea -- The Solomon Islands -- Tahiti -- Tonga -- Vanuatu -- Western Samoa -- Europe -- Britain -- France -- Italy -- The Netherlands -- Russia -- East Asia -- Japan -- Korea -- Indian Ocean and Africa -- India -- Madagascar -- Mauritius -- Reunion Island -- South Africa -- Timelines -- Acknowledgements -- Chinese Character List.

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