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

• Pubblicazione: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 366.0089951
• Soggetto topico: Chinese - Foreign countries - Societies, etc - History; Chinese - Foreign countries - Social life and customs
• Altri autori: KuahKhun Eng Hu-DeHartEvelyn
• 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 ; Index
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Voluntary organizations in the Chinese Diaspora
• ISBN: 1-282-70751-5; 9786612707513; 988-220-382-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785295303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II