Steven B. Miles (St Louis Washington University)

Chinese Diasporas

A Social History of Global Migration

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Produktbeschreibung

In this concise and compelling survey of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day, Steven B. Miles traces the experiences of Chinese migrants and their families. Essential reading for those interested in the history of the Chinese diaspora and the history of migration more broadly.

Produktdetails

• New Approaches to Asian History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781316631812
• ISBN-10: 1316631818
• Artikelnr.: 58659955

Autorenporträt

Steven Miles is Professor of History at Washington University, St Louis.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Framing Chinese migration; 1. Early modern patterns, 1500
1740; 2. Migration in the prosperous age, 1740
1840; 3. The age of mass migration, 1840
1937; 4. The Chinese state and the politics of diaspora, 1860s
1940s; 5. Disruptions and diasporic communities in the mid-twentieth century; 6. The 'floating population' and 'new migrants', 1980s
present; 7. Transnational Chinese, 1990s
present; 8. Is there a Chinese diaspora?