Coming home to a foreign country : Xiamen and returned overseas Chinese, 1843-1938 / Ong Soon Keong.

"'How did migration affect those who moved and the places the emigrants moved through?' Coming Home to a Foreign Country addresses this question by focusing on the treaty port Xiamen (Amoy) and the Chinese who migrated out of China-mostly to Southeast Asia-and then returned to partici...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Ong, Soon Keong, 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Cornell East Asia series ; Number 207.
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Summary:"'How did migration affect those who moved and the places the emigrants moved through?' Coming Home to a Foreign Country addresses this question by focusing on the treaty port Xiamen (Amoy) and the Chinese who migrated out of China-mostly to Southeast Asia-and then returned to participate in the city's economic revitalization, educational advancement, and urban reconstruction"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781501756191
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