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Diasporic Chinese Ventures - The Life and Work of Wang Gungwu (Hardcover)
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Diasporic Chinese Ventures - The Life and Work of Wang Gungwu (Hardcover)
Series: Chinese Worlds
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Wang Gungwu is an immensely eminent and prolific writer. Over the
past 50 years he has made an important contribution to both
scholarly and political debate, bringing his unparalleled knowledge
of the histories of East and Southeast Asia to bear on urgent
contemporary social, political and cultural issues. As doyen of
studies on the Chinese diaspora and China's relations with
Southeast Asia, Wang Gungwu has played an instrumental role in
developing this emerging field of scholarship since the 1950s.
This collection of essays by and about Wang Gungwu brings together
some of Wang's most recent and representative writing about the
ethnic Chinese outside China giving the reader a deeper
understanding of his views on migration, identity, nationalism and
culture, all key issues in modern Asia's transformation. The book
collects interviews, speeches and essays that illustrate the
development and direction of Wang's scholarship on ethnic and
diasporic Chinese.
"Diasporic Chinese Ventures" is the ideal introduction to the often
complex field of ethnic Chinese Studies making it an essential read
for students embarking upon the study of the subject. Those who are
already familiar with Wang Gungwu's work will find this book a
useful and representative collection which also provides an
intriguing assessment of Wang's own political and scholarly
influences.
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