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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781714403321

Autore

Romero Robert Chao <1972->

Titolo

The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940 [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Chao Romero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson, : University of Arizona Press, c2010

ISBN

1-299-19159-2

0-8165-0819-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

972/.004951

Soggetti

Chinese - Mexico - History

Race discrimination - Mexico - History

Immigrants - Mexico - History

Mexico Race relations

Mexico Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Chinese immigration to Mexico and the transnational commercial orbit -- The dragon in Big Lusong: Chinese immigration to Mexico and the global Chinese diaspora -- Transnational journeys: transnational contract labor recruitment, smuggling, and familial chain migration -- Gender, interracial marriage, and transnational families -- Employment and community: coolies, merchants, and the Tong wars -- Mexican sinophobia and the anti-Chinese campaigns -- Conclusion: re-envisioning Mestizaje and "Asian-Latino" studies.