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Chinese diaspora archaeology in North America

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"Showcasing the enormous amount of archaeological data available on the experiences of Chinese people who migrated to the United States and Canada in the nineteenth century, this volume charts new directions for the field of Chinese diaspora archaeology by providing fresh, more …

A record of Cambodia: the land and its people

by Chandler, David, Zhou, Daguan

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"Only one person has given us a first-hand account of the civilization of Angkor. This is the Chinese envoy, Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor in 1296-97 and wrote A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People after his return to China. To this day Zhou's description of the royal …

The Chinese must go: violence, exclusion, and the making of the alien …

by Lew-Williams, Beth

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In 1882, the United States launched an unprecedented experiment in federal border control ... which promptly failed. The Chinese Must Go examines this formative moment when America's lackluster attempt to bar Chinese workers provoked a wave of anti-Chinese violence across the U.…

Networks beyond empires: Chinese business and nationalism in the Hong Kong…

by Kuo, Huei-Ying

fromChinese overseas

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"In Networks beyond Empires, Kuo examines business and nationalist activities of the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore between 1914 and 1941. The book argues that speech-group ties were key to understanding the intertwining relationship between business and national…

Networks beyond empires: Chinese business and nationalism in the Hong Kong…

by Kuo, Huei-Ying

fromChinese overseas

0 Type: Book

"In Networks beyond Empires, Kuo examines business and nationalist activities of the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore between 1914 and 1941. The book argues that speech-group ties were key to understanding the intertwining relationship between business and national…

Networks beyond empires: Chinese business and nationalism in the Hong Kong…

by Kuo, Huei-Ying

fromChinese overseas

0 Type: Book

"In Networks beyond Empires, Kuo examines business and nationalist activities of the Chinese bourgeoisie in Hong Kong and Singapore between 1914 and 1941. The book argues that speech-group ties were key to understanding the intertwining relationship between business and national…

Diaspora and trust: Cuba, Mexico, and the rise of China

by Hearn, Adrian H.

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Cuba, China, and the long march to the market -- Mexico, China, and the politics of trust -- Havana's Chinatown and the quest for synergy -- Trust and treachery in Mexico's Chinese diaspora -- China and the future of history.

Contesting the yellow dragon: ethnicity, religion, and the state in the Sino-Ti…

by Kang,, Xiaofei, Sutton, Donald S.

fromReligion in Chinese societies

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"This book is the first long-term study of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. It traces relationships and mutual influence among Tibetans, Chinese, Hui Muslims, Qiang and others over some 600 years, focusing on the old Chinese garrison city of Songpan and the nearby religious center o…

Britain, China, and Colonial Australia

by Mountford, Benjamin

fromOxford historical monographs

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Towards the end of the nineteenth century the British Empire was confronted by two great Chinese questions. The first of these questions (often known as the 'Far Eastern question') related specifically to the maintenance of British interests on the China Coast and the broader im…