Full Description
In this first book to explore the Chinese diaspora from geographical perspectives, leading scholars in the field consider the profound importance of meanings of place and the spatial processes of mobility and settlement for the Chinese overseas. They trace the Chinese diaspora everywhere it has become a significant force, from Southeast Asia to Oceania, North America, Latin America, and Europe. Providing an important historical perspective, the contributors analyze the sharp differences between sojourning Chinese prior to the 1960s and the transnational Chinese of the current era, especially in terms of spatial distribution, mobility, economic status, occupational structure, and identity formation. Anyone interested in the powerful phenomenon of Chinese migration will find this comprehensive work an invaluable resource.
Contents
Chapter 1 Space, Place, and Transnationalism in the Chinese Diaspora
Chapter 2 The Chinese Diaspora or the Migration of Chinese Peoples?
Part 3 PART I: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY DIASPORAS
Chapter 4 Diaspora and Social Restructuring in Postcolonial Malaysia
Chapter 5 Exclusion and Embeddedness: the Chinese in Thailand and Vietnam
Chapter 6 A Diaspora of Chinese Settlement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Part 7 PART II: HONG KONG AND TAIWAN AS DIASPORIC HOMELANDS
Chapter 8 Indentity, Mobility, and the Making of the Chinese Diasporic Landscape in Hong Kong
Chapter 9 Who Are the Taiwanese? Taiwan in the Chinese Diaspora
Part 10 PART III: ETHNICITY, IDENTITY, AND DIASPORA AS HOME
Chapter 11 Nation, Ethnicity, and Identity: Singapore and the Dynamics and Discourses of Chinese Migration
Chapter 12 Ethnic Identity and Business Solidarity: Chinese Capitalism Revisited
Chapter 13 Notions of Home among Diaspora Chinese in Germany
Part 14 PART IV: MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA
Chapter 15 Chinese Americans: Immigration, Settlement, and Social Geography
Chapter 16 Community as Catalyst: The Chinese in Honolulu
Chapter 17 From Downtown Slums to Suburban Malls: Chinese Migration and Settlement in Canada
Part 18 PART V: TRANSMIGRANTS IN OCEANIA
Chapter 19 Chinese Immingrants and Transnationals in New Zealand: A Fortress Opened
Chapter 20 New Middle-Class Chinese Settlers in Australia and the Spatial Transformation of Settlement in Sydney
Part 22 Conclusion: Regions of Diaspora
