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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: DeHart, Monica C. (Monica Christine) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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.