ISBN: 9789814155908 - the encyclopedia of the chinese overseas (3 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Paperback, numerous illustrations (including photographs) in colour and b/w, small maps, 4to.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 399 pages. Slight fading to top margin of cover.For many centuries, Chinese people have been emigrating and creating distinct ively Chinese communities outside mainland China, even as they adjust to the for eign cultures in which they put down roots. A third-generation huaqiao , oversea s Chinese, in Los Angeles is a very different person from one in, say, Manila, y et they share a heritage that may have molded their diverse experiences in simil ar ways. This book provides everything one could want to know about the Chinese diaspora in a very user-friendly way. Though encyclopedic in its wide-ranging de tail, the information is not presented in encyclopedic form. First, essays analy ze the origins of the overseas Chinese, their migrations, institutions, and rela tions with the motherland and with non-Chinese peoples. The rest of the book, mo re than half, is devoted to outlines of Chinese societies around the in Southeas t Asia, the Americas, Australasia, Europe, East Asia, the Indian Ocean, and Afri ca. Maps, charts, drawings, and imaginatively chosen vintage and contemporary ph otographs describe the Chinese communities established in these disparate places . Questions of racial discrimination and identity in the modern world are approa ched rationally and dispassionately. A vast amount of history and social analysi s is presented, yet editor Lynn Pan has maintained unusual clarity and accessibi lity in a book that could have been overwhelming in its thoroughness. --John Ste venson.…

Softcover. Zustand: gut. 2006. The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas In deutscher Sprache. pages.