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- catalog abstract "The first of its kind, The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas provides a panoramic and comparative view across past and present overseas Chinese communities world wide. The Chinese diaspora has inherited mainland experiences, and they have modified and enriched them by transplantation to other continents and civilizations. This book includes the most important aspects of these experiences. The volume is geographically and thematically organized. The largest section consists of country-by-country profiles of individual Chinese communities. The rest divides into thematic sections on origins, migration, institutions, ties to China, and interethnic relations. Each of the sections is meant to be read continuously. They are accessible, scholarly, and authoritative. Complex material is clearly and vividly presented in text, boxed features, maps, graphs, tables, and archival and contemporary pictures. Chinese proper names and terms are identified with their characters in a glossary, while full references to Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Russian works are given in the bibliography.".
- catalog contributor b10926395.
- catalog contributor b10926396.
- catalog coverage "China Emigration and immigration Encyclopedias.".
- catalog coverage "China Emigration and immigration.".
- catalog created "1999, c1998.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999, c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999, c1998.".
- catalog description "Each of the sections is meant to be read continuously. They are accessible, scholarly, and authoritative. Complex material is clearly and vividly presented in text, boxed features, maps, graphs, tables, and archival and contemporary pictures. Chinese proper names and terms are identified with their characters in a glossary, while full references to Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Russian works are given in the bibliography.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-387) and index.".
- catalog description "Origins: Overview. Regional origins. Concept of Qiaoxiang -- Migration: Migration in China. Emigration from China. Between departure and arrival. Patterns of migration -- Institutions: Order of things in China. Overseas Chinese family. Religion. Overseas Chinese organizations. Chinese business organizations -- Relations: Relations with China. Relations with non-Chinese -- Communities: Southeast Asia. The Americas. Australasia and Oceania. Europe. East Asia. Indian Ocean and Africa -- Timelines.".
- catalog description "The first of its kind, The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas provides a panoramic and comparative view across past and present overseas Chinese communities world wide. The Chinese diaspora has inherited mainland experiences, and they have modified and enriched them by transplantation to other continents and civilizations. This book includes the most important aspects of these experiences. The volume is geographically and thematically organized. The largest section consists of country-by-country profiles of individual Chinese communities. The rest divides into thematic sections on origins, migration, institutions, ties to China, and interethnic relations.".
- catalog extent "399 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas.".
- catalog identifier "0674252101".
- catalog isFormatOf "Encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999, c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas.".
- catalog spatial "China Emigration and immigration Encyclopedias.".
- catalog spatial "China Emigration and immigration.".
- catalog spatial "Foreign countries".
- catalog spatial "Foreign countries.".
- catalog subject "304.8/0951 21".
- catalog subject "Chinese Foreign countries Encyclopedias.".
- catalog subject "Chinese Foreign countries.".
- catalog subject "DS732 .E53 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Origins: Overview. Regional origins. Concept of Qiaoxiang -- Migration: Migration in China. Emigration from China. Between departure and arrival. Patterns of migration -- Institutions: Order of things in China. Overseas Chinese family. Religion. Overseas Chinese organizations. Chinese business organizations -- Relations: Relations with China. Relations with non-Chinese -- Communities: Southeast Asia. The Americas. Australasia and Oceania. Europe. East Asia. Indian Ocean and Africa -- Timelines.".
- catalog title "The encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas / general editor, Lynn Pan.".
- catalog type "text".