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Coming home to a foreign country : Xiamen and returned overseas Chinese, 1843-1938 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ong, Soon Keong, 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Cornell East Asia series ; Number 207.
Subjects:
Return migrants > China > Xiamen (Xiamen Shi)
Return migration > China > Xiamen (Xiamen Shi) > History.
Xiamen (Xiamen Shi, China) > Emigration and immigration > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Defining Xiamen : Trade and Migration before the Opium War (1839-1842)
  • Opening for Business : Xiamen as a Treaty Port
  • Facilitating Migration : Xiamen as a Migration Hub
  • Manipulating Identities : State and Opportunities in Xiamen
  • Transforming Xiamen : Urban Reconstruction in the 1920s
  • Making Home : Xiamen as Destination and Home