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Tan Kah-kee : the Making of an Overseas Chinese Legend.

This is an in-depth study of one of the most important and prominent Hua-ch'iao (Overseas Chinese) of twentieth-century Southeast Asian and China - Tan Kah-kee (1874-1961). For a Chinese immigrant in South-East Asia to make good is not unique, but what is unique in Tan Kah-kee's case is hi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yong, C. F. (Ching Fatt)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Tables; Maps; Plates; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Historical Background; 2 The Tan Clan; 3 Emergence of an Entrepreneur; 4 The Building of a Pre-eminent Social Status; 5 From Pang to Community Leadership: Tan Kah-kee's Power Base; 6 From Community to Political Leadership: Tan Kah-kee in Command; 7 Northern Star and Southern Kamikaze: Tan Kah-kee Transformed; 8 Politics Takes Command: The Hua-ch'iao Flag Fluttering; 9 Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index 
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