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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459692703321

Titolo

Voluntary organizations in the Chinese Diaspora [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce and Evelyn Hu-Dehart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-70751-5

9786612707513

988-220-382-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KuahKhun Eng

Hu-DeHartEvelyn

Disciplina

366.0089951

Soggetti

Chinese - Foreign countries - Societies, etc - History

Chinese - Foreign countries - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1.Introduction: The Chinese Diaspora and Voluntary Associations; 2.Between Tradition and Modernity: The Chinese Association of Johor Bahru, Malaysia; 3.The Cultural Politics of Clan Associations in Contemporary Singapore; 4.Chinese Voluntary and Involuntary Associations in Indonesia; 5.Chinese Charity Organizations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: The Past and Present; 6.Association Divided, Association United: The Social Organization of Chaozhou and Fujian Migrants in Hong Kong

7.Voluntary Associations in a Predominantly Male Immigrant Community: The Chinese on the Northern Mexican Frontier, 1880-19308.The Development of Chinese Communal Places in Sydney; 9.The Roles and Contributions of Chinese Women Entrepreneurs in Community Organizations in Sydney; 10.The Paradox of Ethnicization and Assimilation: The Development of Ethnic Organizations in the Chinese Immigrant Community in the United States; 11.Ethnic Church Attendance and Social Participation of Immigrants in Canada; 12.From ""Loose Sand"" to ""Cloakroom Community"": Chinese Associations in the Czech Republic



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Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that Chinese voluntary organizations continue to play a significant role in both the established and new Chinese communities in the Diaspora.