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Chinese overseas : comparative cultural issues / Tan Chee-Beng

Author
Tan, Chee-Beng
Published
Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2004]
Copyright Date
©2004
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 260 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Chinese ethnological field : anthropological studies of chinese communities worldwide -- Acculturation, ethnicity, and ethnic Chinese -- Chinese migration, localization and the production of Baba culture -- Chinese identities in Malaysia -- Ethnic Chinese : language, nationality and identity -- Ethnic Chinese and ethnic relations : some economic explanations -- Culture and economic performance with special reference to the Chinese in Southeast Asia.
Summary
"This book examines issues of cultural change and identity construction of Chinese overseas, as well as other important issues such as Chinese and non-Chinese relations, and cultural and economic performance. It offers a perspective of understanding Chinese oversease in nation-states and beyond, in a global context which the author describes as the Chinese ethnological field."--Jacket
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ISBN
9789882200715 (electronic bk.)
9882200710 (electronic bk.)
962209662X
9789622096622
1282705741
9781282705746
9786612705748
6612705744
9789622096615 (hardback)
9622096611 (hardback)
9789622096622 (pbk.)
962209662X (pbk.)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-253) and index.
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HKU Press digital editions
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