Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bailey, Paul
• Pan, Lynn[Herausgeber]

Titel

The encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas

Ort / Verlag

Richmond, Surrey : Curzon Press

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Published for Chinese Heritage Centre
• Includes bibliographical references and index
• Inhalt: 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 II. Patterns of Migration: Trade diasporas. Labour 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. Network organizations. Conglomerates. Chinese business networks: A hypothetical dialogue.
• Inhalt (Fortsetzung): 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 émigré 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. Bibliography. Index