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Chinese and Chinese mestizos of Manila : family, identity, and culture, 1860s-1930s /

"Building on works in Chinese transnationalism and cultural anthropology, this book examines the everyday practices of Chinese merchant families in Manila from the 1860s to the 1930s. The result is a fascinating study of how families and individuals creatively negotiated their identities in way...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chu, Richard T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Chinese overseas ; v. 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : to be a "Filipino" and "Chinese" in the Philippines
  • The Minnan region of Fujian : history and society
  • The Chinese in late Spanish colonial Manila : an overview
  • The Chinese merchants in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Manila : precursors of modern Chinese transnationalism in the Philippines
  • Catholic conversion and marriage practices among Chinese merchants
  • Family life and culture in Chinese merchant families
  • Rethinking the Chinese mestizos and mestizas of Manila
  • Early American colonial rule in the Philippines and the construction of "Filipino" and "Chinese" identities
  • Chinese merchant families : family, identity, and culture in the early twentieth century
  • Negotiating identities within Chinese merchant families : to be "Filipino" or to be Chinese."