Chinese In Latin America and the Caribbean.

By: Lai, Walton LookContributor(s): Tan, Chee-BengMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (252 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004193345Subject(s): Caribbean Area -- Emigration and immigration | China -- Emigration and immigration | Chinese -- Caribbean Area | Chinese -- Latin America | Latin America -- Emigration and immigrationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Chinese In Latin America and the CaribbeanDDC classification: 980.004951 LOC classification: F1419.A84 -- C55 2010ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements (Tan Chee-Beng) -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Chinese in Latin America and the Caribbean (Walton Look Lai) -- Part I The Early Colonial Period -- Chapter One Sinifying New Spain: Cathay's Influence on Colonial Mexico via the Nao de China (Edward R. Slack, Jr) -- Part II The Classic Migrations -- Chapter Two Asian Diasporas and Tropical Migration in the Age of Empire: A Comparative Overview (Walton Look Lai) -- Chapter Three Indispensable Enemy or Convenient Scapegoat? A Critical Examination of Sinophobia in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1870s to 1930s (Evelyn Hu-DeHart) -- Chapter Four The Chinese of Central America: Diverse Beginnings, Common Achievements (St. John Robinson) -- Chapter Five Report: Archives of Biography and History in the God of Luck: A Conversation with Ruthanne Lum McCunn (Lisa Yun) -- Part III Old Migrants, New Immigration -- Chapter Six Tusans (tusheng) and the Changing Chinese Community in Peru (Isabelle Lausent-Herrera) -- Chapter Seven Old Migrants, New Immigration and Anti-Chinese Discourse in Suriname (Paul B. Tjon Sie Fat) -- Chapter Eight The Revitalization of Havana's Chinatown: Invoking Chinese Cuban History (Kathleen López) -- Index.
Summary: Written by specialists on the Chinese in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book tells the story of Asian migration to the Americas and contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the Chinese in this important part of the world.
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Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements (Tan Chee-Beng) -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The Chinese in Latin America and the Caribbean (Walton Look Lai) -- Part I The Early Colonial Period -- Chapter One Sinifying New Spain: Cathay's Influence on Colonial Mexico via the Nao de China (Edward R. Slack, Jr) -- Part II The Classic Migrations -- Chapter Two Asian Diasporas and Tropical Migration in the Age of Empire: A Comparative Overview (Walton Look Lai) -- Chapter Three Indispensable Enemy or Convenient Scapegoat? A Critical Examination of Sinophobia in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1870s to 1930s (Evelyn Hu-DeHart) -- Chapter Four The Chinese of Central America: Diverse Beginnings, Common Achievements (St. John Robinson) -- Chapter Five Report: Archives of Biography and History in the God of Luck: A Conversation with Ruthanne Lum McCunn (Lisa Yun) -- Part III Old Migrants, New Immigration -- Chapter Six Tusans (tusheng) and the Changing Chinese Community in Peru (Isabelle Lausent-Herrera) -- Chapter Seven Old Migrants, New Immigration and Anti-Chinese Discourse in Suriname (Paul B. Tjon Sie Fat) -- Chapter Eight The Revitalization of Havana's Chinatown: Invoking Chinese Cuban History (Kathleen López) -- Index.

Written by specialists on the Chinese in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book tells the story of Asian migration to the Americas and contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the Chinese in this important part of the world.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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