Boston [1990], Little. Black cloth spine over yellow, dj., very good, 408p., notes, index, bibliography. FIRST EDITION Tycoons in Hong Kong & America, seamen in Liverpool, coolies in Peru & S. Africa, gold seekers in California & Australia, secret societies in San Francisco & Bangkok, traders in Man- ila & Singapore, restaurateurs in Paris & Manhattan-these are some of the people portrayed in this fasinating book,the first detailed study of the Chinese diaspora, the most wide- spread, varied and prolonged series of migrations by one nation. A look at why emigrants left China, how their disp- rsal was shaped & stimulated by the commercial ambitions of Imperial powers such as Britain & Holland, how they trans- formed raw, all-male frontier groupings they formed into complex communities organized by clan, dialect & secret society. The ways in which they were affected by the fict- ionalization of stock Chinese types into Fu Manchu & Charlie Chan. With mini-biographies of real Chinese personalities & families...Useful study. .

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Bookseller: Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB - AN ART AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 97080902
Title: SONS OF THE YELLOW EMPEROR: A History of the Chinese Diaspora.
Author: PAN, Lynn
Book Condition: Used -
Binding: Hardcover
Keywords: China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Asians In America: Asian Immigration & Discrimination Issues; Chinese In America: Immigration & Books On Chinese Residency; Emperor Of China;

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