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The Chinese Overseas - From Earthbound China to the Quest for Autonomy (Paperback, Revised): Gungwu Wang

The Chinese Overseas - From Earthbound China to the Quest for Autonomy (Paperback, Revised)

Gungwu Wang

Series: The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures

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The Chinese overseas now number 25 to 30 million, yet the 2,000-year history of Chinese attempts to venture abroad and the underlying values affecting that migration have never before been presented in a broad overview. Despite centuries of prohibition against leaving the land and traveling and settling overseas, the "earthbound" Chinese--first traders, then peasants and workers--eventually found new sources of livelihood abroad. The practice of sojourning, being always temporarily away from home, was the answer the Chinese overseas found to deal with imperial and orthodox concerns. Today their challenge is to find an alternative to either returning or assimilating by seeking a new kind of autonomy in a world that will come to acknowledge the ideal of multicultural states.

In pursuing this story, international scholar Wang Gungwu uncovers some major themes of global history: the coming together of Asian and European civilizations, the ambiguities of ethnicity and diasporic consciousness, and the tension between maintaining one's culture and assimilation.

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Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures
Release date:	May 2019
First published:	September 2002
Authors:	Gungwu Wang
Dimensions:	183 x 119 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-00986-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-674-00986-X
Barcode:	9780674009868