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Voluntary organizations in the Chinese Diaspora /

This book argues that Chinese voluntary organizations continue to play a significant role in both the established and new Chinese communities in the Diaspora.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng, 1958-, Hu-DeHart, Evelyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : [London] : Hong Kong University Press ; [Eurospan, distributor], ©2006.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Chinese Diaspora and voluntary associations / Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce and Evelyn Hu-Dehart
  • Between tradition and modernity : the Chinese Association of Johor Bahru, Malaysia / P. Pui Huen Lim-- Cultural politics of clan associations in contemporary Singapore / Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce
  • Chinese voluntary and involuntary associations in Indonesia / Mary Somers Heidhues-- Chinese charity organizations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam : the past and present / Satohiro Serizawa--- Association divided, association united : the social organization of Chaozhou and Fujian migrants in Hong Kong / Susanne Y.P. Choi-- Voluntary associations in a predominantly male immigrant community : the Chinese on the northern Mexican frontier, 1880-1930
  • Evelyn Hu-Dehart
  • Development of Chinese communal places in Sydney / Walter Lalich-- Roles and contributions of Chinese women entrepreneurs in community organizations in Sydney
  • Angeline Low
  • Paradox of ethnicization and assimilation : the development of ethnic organizations in the Chinese immigrant community in the United States / Zhou Min and Rebecca Y. Kim
  • Ethnic church attendance and social participation of immigrants in Canada / Eric Fong and Linda Lee
  • From "loose sand" to "cloakroom community" : Chinese associations in the Czech Republic / Markéta Moore.