03454nam 22006374a 450 991078361760332120230617041351.01-134-32357-31-138-96765-31-280-02528-X0-203-39251-5(CKB)1000000000249213(EBL)200626(OCoLC)437061426(SSID)ssj0000293906(PQKBManifestationID)11195922(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293906(PQKBWorkID)10302804(PQKB)11258848(MiAaPQ)EBC200626(Au-PeEL)EBL200626(CaPaEBR)ebr10100000(CaONFJC)MIL2528(EXLCZ)99100000000024921320030609d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiasporic Chinese ventures[electronic resource] the life and work of Wang Gungwu /edited by Gregor Benton and Hong LiuLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20041 online resource (257 p.)Chinese worldsDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-68469-9 0-415-33142-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; DIASPORIC CHINESE VENTURES: The life and work of Wang Gungwu; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; Part I ENCOUNTERS; 1 LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK: An interview with Wang Gungwu; 2 HOW READING THE HISTORICAL RECORDS (SHIJI) HELPED SET WANG GUNGWU ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING A HISTORIAN; 3 A MOMENTOUS DUTY IMPOSED BY HEAVEN; 4 WANG GUNGWU ON THE NANTAH INCIDENT: An interview; 5 WANG GUNGWU IN AUSTRALIA; 6 THE PROBLEMS WITH (CHINESE) DIASPORA : An interview with Wang Gungwu; Part II REFLECTIONS: Section 1. Cultural concerns; 7 CONFUCIUS THE SAGE8 LOCAL AND NATIONAL: A dialogue between tradition and modernity9 REFLECTIONS ON NETWORKS AND STRUCTURES IN ASIA; 10 CHINESE POLITICAL CULTURE AND SCHOLARSHIP ABOUT THE MALAY WORLD; 11 STATE AND FAITH: Secular values in Asia and the West; 12 SECULAR CHINA; 13 MIXING MEMORY AND DESIRE: Tracking the migrant cycles; Part III REFLECTIONS: Section 2. Chinese overseas in historical and comparative perspective; 14 A SINGLE CHINESE DIASPORA?; 15 ETHNIC CHINESE: The past in their future; 16 THE CHINESE REVOLUTION AND THE OVERSEAS CHINESE; 17 CULTURAL CENTRES FOR THE CHINESE OVERSEAS18 NEW MIGRANTS: How new? Why new?INDEXThis collection of essays by and about Wang Gungwu brings together some of Wang's most recent and representative writing about the ethnic Chinese outside China giving the reader a deeper understanding of his views on migration, identity, nationalism and culture, all key issues in modern Asia's transformation. The book collects interviews, speeches and essays that illustrate the development and direction of Wang's scholarship on ethnic and diasporic Chinese.Chinese worlds.ScholarsAustraliaBiographyScholars950/.04951/0092BBenton Gregor652984Liu Hong1962-1072980MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783617603321Diasporic Chinese ventures3862940UNINA