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The current waves of migration sweeping the Chinese world may seem like new phenomena, the outcome of modernization and industrialization. However, this concise and readable book convincingly shows that contemporary movements are just the most recent stage in a long history of migration, both within China and beyond its borders. Distinguished historian Diana Lary traces the continuous expansion and contraction of the Chinese state over more than four millennia. Periods of expansion, which involved huge movements of people, have been interspersed with periods of inward-turning stasis. Following a chronological framework, the author discusses the migrations themselves and the recurrent themes within them. We see migration as a broad spectrum of movement, from short-term and short-range to permanent and long-range, and as a powerful vehicle for the transfer of commodities, culture, religion, and political influence.
The Confucian tradition treated migration as undesirable. It praised the delights of staying at home: "A thousand days at home are good, half a day away is hard." Lary argues that, despite this view, migration has been a key element in the evolution of Chinese society, one that the state disparages and encourages at the same time. Her book will be compelling for all readers who want to understand the context for the present internal and international migrations that have changed the face of China itself and its international relations.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Prehistory to Unification
Chapter 2: The Qin/Han Era
Chapter 3: The Tang Dynasty
Chapter 4: The Song Dynasty
Chapter 5: The Yuan Dynasty
Chapter 6: The Ming Dynasty
Chapter 7: The High Qing Dynasty
Chapter 8: The Late Qing Dynasty
Chapter 9: The First Decades of the Republic
Chapter 10: The War Years
Chapter 11: The Early PRC
Chapter 12: The Cultural Revolution
Chapter 13: The PRC Reform Era
Chapter 14: Global China
Chapter 15: Special Categories of Migrant
Chapter 16: Conclusion
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