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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.
Table of Contents:
  • A note on Romanization
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • A great convergence
  • Colonists of the South Seas
  • Confucius from afar
  • The women who stayed behind
  • Homecomings
  • Conclusion and epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.