Format:
xiv, 286 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780520298439
,
9780520298415
Content:
"Qiaopi is one of several names given to the 'silver letters' Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the diaspora in different parts of the world and different periods, and its ties to China. The qiaopi trade played a big part in making China transnational. This book, the first in English on qiaopi and on the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade, makes an important contribution to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration"--Provided by publisher
Content:
The genealogy of qiaopi studies -- The structure of the qiaopi trade and transnational networks -- The qiaopi trade as a distinctive form of Chinese capitalism -- Qiaopi geography -- Qiaopi and modern Chinese economy and politics -- Qiaopi, qiaoxiang, and charity -- Qiaopi and European migrants? : letters compared -- Conclusions -- Appendix : a selection of qiaopi and huipi letters in English translation
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520970540
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Benton, Gregor, author Dear China Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Language:
English
Keywords:
Chinesen
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Migration
;
Familie
;
Finanzielle Hilfe
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Geldbrief
;
Brief
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Geschichte 1820-1980
