Chinese in Eastern Europe and Russia
Subtitle: a middleman minority in a transnational era
By: Nyiri Pal.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Chinese worlds
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415446860
Subjects: Chinese -- Russia -- History; Chinese -- Europe, Eastern -- History; Chinese -- Soviet Union -- History; Chinese -- Russia (Federation); Chinese -- Migrations; Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects; Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History; title: Early contacts; title: Chinese farmers, hunters, workers, and merchants in Russia, 1858-1914; title: Chinese as labourers and soldiers in Russia's wars, 1914-1922; title: Chinese in the Soviet Union, 1922-1989; title: The present; title: Chinese migration to Russia and Eastern Europe since 1989: sources, numbers, and; title: Migration strategies; title: Employment and the ethnic economy; title: Transnational practices and politics; title: Finding a place in Eastern Europe?; title: Conclusion: a transnational middleman minority.