The Chinese diaspora
Subtitle: space, place, mobility, and identity
By: edited by Laurence J.C. Ma and Carolyn Cartier.
Contributors: Ma, Laurence J. C., 1937-; Cartier, Carolyn L.
Series: Why of where
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Chinese -- Foreign countries
Description: Exploring the Chinese diaspora from geographical perspectives, leading scholars in the field consider the profound importance of meanings of place and the spatial processes of mobility and settlement for the Chinese overseas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Space, place, and transnationalism in the Chinese diaspora / Laurence J.C. Ma; title: The Chinese diaspora or the migration of Chinese peoples? / Ronald Skeldon; title: Diaspora and social restructuring in postcolonial Malaysia / Carolyn Cartier; title: Exclusion and embeddedness : the Chinese in Thailand and Vietnam / Jonathan Rigg; title: A diaspora of Chinese settlement in Latin America and the Caribbean / Robert B. Kent; title: Identity, mobility, and the making of the Chinese diasporic landscape in Hong Kong / George C.S. Lin; title: Who are the Taiwanese? Taiwan in the Chinese diaspora / Jack F. Williams; title: Nation, ethnicity, and identity : Singapore and the dynamics and discourses of Chinese migration / Lily Kong and Brenda Yeoh; title: Ethnic identity and business solidarity : Chinese capitalism revisited / You-tien Hsing; title: Notions of home among diaspora Chinese in Germany / Maggi W.H. Leung; title: Chinese Americans : immigration, settlement, and social geography / C. Cindy Fan; title: Community as catalyst : the Chinese in Honolulu / Sen-dou Chang; title: From downtown slums to suburban malls : Chinese migration and settlement in Canada / David Chuenyan Lai; title: Chinese immigrants and transnationals in New Zealand : a fortress opened / Manying Ip; title: New middle-class Chinese settlers in Australia and the spatial transformation of settlement in Sydney / Chung-Tong Wu; title: Conclusion : Regions of diaspora / Carolyn Cartier.