This is a study of the disappointments experienced by Chinese workers working on a multi-million-dollar road project in Ethiopia. China's activity in Africa has received a lot of negative coverage from western media, yet such characterizations have little bearing on the experien…
"During the nineteenth century tens of thousands of Chinese men and women crossed the Pacific to work, trade, and settle in California. Drawn initially by the gold rush, they took with them skills and goods and a view of the world which, though still Chinese, was transformed by …
Ethnic relations and nation-building in Southeast-Asia: the case of the ethnic Chinese ; [papers original…
by Suryadinata, Leo, International Conference on Ethnic/Race Relations and Nation-Building in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia: the Case of Ethnic Chinese, Singapore
fromPolitics/social issues : Southeast Asia
Ethnic relations and nation-building in southeast Asia: the case of the ethnic Chinese
by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Suryadinata, Leo, Singapore Society of Asian Studies, International Conference on Ethnic/Race Relations and Nation-Building in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia: the Case of Ethnic Chinese, Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Introduction: Forgotten classical Chinese poetry in Singapore -- Identity: Whose Nanyang is it? -- Community: How to shape cultural space? -- Medium: What are the influences on classical poetry? -- Conclusion: Literary value and classification
This text examines the integral role of religious beliefs and practices in Chinese legal culture.
Qiaopi is one of several names given to the "silver letters" Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times. Dear Ch…
The genealogy of qiaopi studies -- The structure of the qiaopi trade and transnational networks -- The qiaopi trade as a distinctive form of Chinese capitalism -- Qiaopi geography -- Qiaopi and modern Chinese economy and politics -- Qiaopi, qiaoxiang, and charity -- Qiaopi and E…
The essays in this book explore the reasons why the Jews in Central Europe and the Chinese in Southeast Asia have been both successful and stigmatized, essential but not fully accepted. They offer insights into the very formation of ethnic and national identities in the modern w…
The essays in this book explore the reasons why the Jews in Central Europe and the Chinese in Southeast Asia have been both successful and stigmatized, essential but not fully accepted. They offer insights into the very formation of ethnic and national identities in the modern w…
Introduction: Christianity and the state in Asia : complicity and conflict / Julius Bautista, Francis Khek Gee Lim -- Evangelism, the state, and subjectivity / Bryan S. Turner -- IsProtestant conversion a form of protest? : urban and uplandProtestants in Southeast Asia / Oscar S…