Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, like Jews in Central Europe until
the Holocaust, have been remarkably successful as an
entrepreneurial and professional minority. Whole regimes have
sometimes relied on the financial underpinnings of Chinese business
to maintain themselves in power, and recently Chinese businesses
have led the drive to economic modernization in Southeast Asia. But
at the same time, they remain, as the Jews were, the quintessential
"outsiders". In some Southeast Asian countries they are targets of
majority nationalist prejudices and suffer from discrimination,
even where they are formally integrated into the nation.
The essays in this book explore the reasons why the Jews in
Central Europe and the Chinese in Southeast Asia have been both
successful and stigmatized. Their careful scholarship and measured
tone contribute to a balanced view of the subject and introduce a
historical depth and comparative perspective that have generally
been lacking in past discussions. Those who want to understand
contemporary Southeast Asia and the legacy of the Jewish experience
in Central Europe will gain new insights from the book.
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