Migration and ethnicity in Chinese history: Hakkas, Pengmin and their neighbors

This book analyzes the emergence of ethnic consciousness among Hakka-speaking people in late imperial China in the context of their migrations in search of economic opportunities. It poses three central questions: What determined the temporal and geographic pattern of Hakka and Pengmin (a largely Ha...

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Main Author: Leong, Sow-Theng 1939-1987 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. Stanford Univ. Press 1997
Edition:Orig. print.
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Summary:This book analyzes the emergence of ethnic consciousness among Hakka-speaking people in late imperial China in the context of their migrations in search of economic opportunities. It poses three central questions: What determined the temporal and geographic pattern of Hakka and Pengmin (a largely Hakka-speaking people) migration in this era? In what circumstances and over what issues did ethnic conflict emerge? How did the Chinese state react to the phenomena of migration and ethnic conflict?
Physical Description:XIX, 234 S. Kt.
ISBN:0804728577

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