Beyond Chinatown: New Chinese Migration and the Global Ex...
Thuno, Mette
- A sweeping study of Chinese migration past and present- Highlights the growing pride in their roots among ex-pat Chinese- Of vital interest to migration scholars, but also to the Chinese >A bachelor society, men brought in by the shipload to labour in harsh, slave-like conditions, often for decades. Aliens despised and feared by their hosts. The hope: to return home as rich men. This was the exceptional and ambivalent nature of much of Chine...