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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789064503321

Titolo

Migration, indigenization and interaction [[electronic resource] ] : Chinese overseas and globalization / / editor, Leo Suryadinata

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2011

ISBN

1-283-43404-0

9786613434043

981-4365-91-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SuryadinataLeo

Disciplina

305.8951

Soggetti

Chinese - Foreign countries

Immigrants - History

Globalization

China Emigration and immigration History Congresses

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

pt. 1. Migration and globalization -- pt. 2. North America -- pt. 3. South and Southeast Asia -- pt. 4. China and Chinese overseas.

Sommario/riassunto

The twelve chapters included in this book address various issues related to Chinese migration, indigenization and exchange with special reference to the era of globalization. As the waves of Chinese migration started in the last century, the emphasis, not surprisingly, is placed on the "migrant states" rather than "indigenous states". Nevertheless, many chapters are also concerned with issues of "settling down" and "becoming part of the local scenes". However, the settling/integrating process has been interrupted by a globalizing world, new Chinese migration and the rise of China at the end of