Returning home with glory : Chinese villagers around the pacific, 1849 to 1949 /

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Employing the classic Chinese saying "returning home with glory" (man zai rong gui) as the title, Michael Williams highlights the importance of return and home in the history of the connections established and maintained between villagers in the Pearl River Delta and various Pacific ports...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Hong Kong] : Hong Kong University Press, 2018.
Series:Crossing Seas.
Subjects:
Chinese > Foreign countries.
Return migrants > China.
Chinese > Pacific Area.
Chinese diaspora.
Chinois > Pays étrangers.
Chinois > Pacifique, Région du.
Immigrants de retour > Chine.
HISTORY > General.
Chinese diaspora
Chinese
Chinese > Foreign countries
Return migrants
China
Pacific Area
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Romanization of Chinese; 1. Destination Qiaoxiang; 2. The Border-Guard View; 3. Wading 10,000 Li; 4. Because in the Tang Mountains We Have a Big House; 5. He Would Have to Send Money; 6. Returning Home with Glory; 7. Things Did Not Work Out That Way; 8. Anglo-Saxonizing Machines; 9. You Have Been Loyal Wah Kiu; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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