Chinese in Colonial Burma [[electronic resource] ] : A Migrant Community in A Multiethnic State / / by Yi Li

• Autore: Li Yi
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVIII, 262 pages)
• Disciplina: 959
• Soggetto topico: Southeast Asia—History; Imperialism; China—History; History of Southeast Asia; Imperialism and Colonialism; History of China
• Soggetto geografico: Burma History 1824-1948; Burma
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. From Frontier to Heartland -- 2. A Chinese Mental Map of the Irrawaddy Delta -- 3. Merchants of the Empire -- 4. The Rangoon Vice -- 5. Making No Political "Noise".
• Sommario/riassunto: Using previously unexplored archives from colonial institutions and individuals, and primary materials produced by the Burmese Chinese, this comprehensive study investigates over a century of history of the Burmese Chinese under British colonial rule. Due to the peculiar position of Burma in the British imperial world and the Southeast Asian Chinese network, the Chinese community had a unique experience in a Southeast Asian colony governed by Europeans with an India-based system. This book reveals, through everyday life experience, prominent community figures, and milestone events, the internal rivalry and integration among different regional groups within the community, and the general impressions it left in contemporary observations and communal memories. The book also traces historical roots of some unsolved ethnic issues in present-day Myanmar.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese in Colonial Burma
• ISBN: 9781137519009; 1-137-51900-2; 1-137-53701-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910254763903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, . 2635-1633