Dear China

Emigrant Letters and Remittances, 1820–1980

AvGregor Benton,Hong Liu

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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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 China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade. The authors explore the characteristics and transformations of qiaopi, showing how such institutionalized and cross-national mechanisms helped sustain families separated by distance and state frontiers and contributed to the sending regions’ socioeconomic development. Dear China contributes substantially to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-07-24
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:University of California Press
Medarbetare:Gungwu Wang
ISBN:9780520298415

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Asiens historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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Gregor Benton is Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University. His books include Mountain Fires: The Red Army’s Three-Year War in South China and The Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks in the Chinese Diaspora (coedited with Hong Liu and Huimei Zhang). Hong Liu is Tan Kah Kee Endowed Professor of Asian Studies and Chair of School of Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His publications include China and the Shaping of Indonesia, 1949–1965 and Singapore Chinese Society in Transition.

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"Makes substantial and significant contributions to our ongoing struggles to attain better understanding of migration as a most human, yet greatly disruptive, element of our global society and economy."

Innehållsförteckning

List of Maps and TablesForeword by Wang GungwuAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Genealogy of Qiaopi Studies2. The Structure of the Qiaopi Trade and Transnational Networks3. The Qiaopi Trade as a Distinctive Form of Chinese Capitalism4. Qiaopi Geography5. Qiaopi and Modern Chinese Economy and Politics6. Qiaopi, Qiaoxiang, and Charity7. Qiaopi and European Migrants’ Letters ComparedConclusionsAppendix: Selected Qiaopi and Huipi LettersGlossaryNotesReferencesIndex