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Diaspora's homeland : modern China in the age of global migration /

Provides a broad historical study of how the mass migration of more than twenty million Chinese overseas influenced China's politics, economics and culture. The author develops the concept of "diaspora moments," a series of recurring disjunctions in which migrant temporalities come in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chan, Shelly (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Chinese diaspora. China > Emigration and immigration > History > 19th century. China > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century. China > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects. China > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects.

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