Transpacific developments : the politics of multiple Chinas in Central America /
"This book offers an ethnographic study of the nature and stakes of contemporary Chinese development in Central America. It illuminates a long history of transpacific connections and the role of multiple Chinas-the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Chinese diasporic communities-in sh...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca [New York] :
Cornell University Press,
2021.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: mapping multiple Chinas on the development landscape
- Transpacific assemblages: tracing development encounters over space and time
- Chinese diaspora: migration and the making of Central American modernity
- Taiwan: diplomatic, economic, and cultural associations with the 'Other China'
- Infrastructure: laying the groundwork for sovereignty and national identity
- Trade: brokering economic exchange across markets and cultures
- Corruption: hunting tigers and chopping chorizo across the Pacific
- Conclusion: locating development futures.