Title Chinese diasporas : a social history of global migration / Steven B. Miles, Washington University in St. Louis

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) Series New approaches to Asian history New approaches to Asian history. Contents Introduction: Framing Chinese migration -- Early modern patterns, 1500-1740 -- Migration in the prosperous age, 1740-1840 -- The age of mass migration, 1840-1937 -- The Chinese state and the politics of diaspora, 1860s-1940s -- Disruptions and diasporic communities in the mid-twentieth century -- The "floating population" and "new migrants," 1980s to the present -- Transnational Chinese, 1990s to the present -- Is there a Chinese diaspora? Summary "Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven Miles places Chinese migrants and their families at the center of his narrative through a series of engaging case studies taking readers from the heart of Ming China to the global property markets of the twenty-first century. The focus on individual migrants and their descendants reveals the ways in which the "Chinese diaspora" has consisted of distinct paths of migration from specific emigrant communities to targeted destinations both within China and abroad. This is essential reading for those interested in the history of the Chinese diaspora and the overseas Chinese, and for those interested in the role of migration in the making of the modern world"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 20, 2020) Subject Chinese diaspora. Chinese -- Migrations. Chinese -- Foreign countries -- History Chinese -- Foreign countries. Chinese diaspora Chinese -- Foreign countries Chinese -- Migrations Emigration and immigration SUBJECT China -- Emigration and immigration -- History Subject China Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019038904 ISBN 9781316841211 1316841219

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