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Coming home to a foreign country : Xiamen and returned overseas Chinese, 1843-1938 /

"'How did migration affect those who moved and the places the emigrants moved through?' Coming Home to a Foreign Country addresses this question by focusing on the treaty port Xiamen (Amoy) and the Chinese who migrated out of China-mostly to Southeast Asia-and then returned to partici...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ong, Soon Keong, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Cornell East Asia series ; Number 207.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defining Xiamen : Trade and Migration before the Opium War (1839-1842)
  • Opening for Business : Xiamen as a Treaty Port
  • Facilitating Migration : Xiamen as a Migration Hub
  • Manipulating Identities : State and Opportunities in Xiamen
  • Transforming Xiamen : Urban Reconstruction in the 1920s
  • Making Home : Xiamen as Destination and Home