Upriver journeys: diaspora and empire in southern China, 1570-1850

"Traces journeys of Cantonese migrants along the West River and its tributaries, one of the world's great river systems, between the late sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, presenting arguments about the relationship between diaspora and empire in an upriver frontier and the role of m...

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Main Author: Miles, Steven B. 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Asia Center [2017]
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series 106
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Summary:"Traces journeys of Cantonese migrants along the West River and its tributaries, one of the world's great river systems, between the late sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, presenting arguments about the relationship between diaspora and empire in an upriver frontier and the role of migration in sustaining families and lineages in what would become a global diaspora"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xii, 332 pages 24 cm
ISBN:9780674975200

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