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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226560252
ISBN-139780226560250
eBay Product ID (ePID)1813311
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change : Peru, Chicago, and Hawaii 1900-1936
SubjectEmigration & Immigration, Asia / China
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorAdam Mckeown
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-011903
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal304.8095109041
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Romanization 1. Chinese Migration in Global Perspective 2. Immigration Laws, Economic Activities, and the Limitations of Local Contexts 3. Chinese Diasporas 4. Men, Ghosts, and Social Organization in South China 5. Becoming Foreigners in Peru 6. Exotica and Respectability in Chicago's Chinatown 7. The Auspicious Legacy of the Ancestors in Hawaii 8. Chinese Migration and the Early-Twentieth-Century World Order Chinese Character Glossary List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisInspired by recent work on diaspora and cultural globalization, Adam McKeown asks in this new book: How were the experiences of different migrant communities and hometowns in China linked together through common networks? Chinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change argues that the political and economic activities of Chinese migrants can best be understood by taking into account their links to each other and China through a transnational perspective. Despite their very different histories, Chinese migrant families, businesses, and villages were connected through elaborate networks and shared institutions that stretched across oceans and entire continents. Through small towns in Qing and Republican China, thriving enclaves of businesses in South Chicago, broad-based associations of merchants and traders in Peru, and an auspicious legacy of ancestors in Hawaii, migrant Chinese formed an extensive system that made cultural and commercial exchange possible.