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Chinese Among Others: Emigration in Modern Times

Chinese Among Others: Emigration in Modern Times © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/179303909X12489373183136 Also available online – brill.nl/jco Journal of Chinese Overseas 5 (2009) 365-379 brill.nl/jco Book Reviews Chinese Among Others: Emigration in Modern Times . By Philip A. Kuhn. Singapore: NUS Press, 2008. Pp. xi, 431; Lanham, MD: Rowland & Littlefi eld Publishers, 2008. Pp. xi, 431. Students of overseas Chinese have been waiting for this book for years. Since the mid- 1990s, the news that Philip Kuhn, a distinguished historian with an international reputation, had “switched” his attention from the Qing dynasty to the overseas Chinese has surprised many historians of China. As the author of the well known books, Rebellion and Its Enemies in Late Imperial China and Soulstealers , among others, Kuhn is greatly admired by his Chinese colleagues. In 2001, at a public meeting of the CASS (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) to which he was invited, Kuhn was asked about his research plans. When he replied that his ongoing research was focused on the history of overseas Chinese, he was met with a strange silence. After quite a while, someone in the audience politely commented, “Oh, this is an important issue. Th ey once supported Sun Yat-sen http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Chinese Overseas Brill

Chinese Among Others: Emigration in Modern Times

Journal of Chinese Overseas , Volume 5 (2): 365 – Jan 1, 2009

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Brill
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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1793-0391
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1793-2548
DOI
10.1163/179303909X12489373183136
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/179303909X12489373183136 Also available online – brill.nl/jco Journal of Chinese Overseas 5 (2009) 365-379 brill.nl/jco Book Reviews Chinese Among Others: Emigration in Modern Times . By Philip A. Kuhn. Singapore: NUS Press, 2008. Pp. xi, 431; Lanham, MD: Rowland & Littlefi eld Publishers, 2008. Pp. xi, 431. Students of overseas Chinese have been waiting for this book for years. Since the mid- 1990s, the news that Philip Kuhn, a distinguished historian with an international reputation, had “switched” his attention from the Qing dynasty to the overseas Chinese has surprised many historians of China. As the author of the well known books, Rebellion and Its Enemies in Late Imperial China and Soulstealers , among others, Kuhn is greatly admired by his Chinese colleagues. In 2001, at a public meeting of the CASS (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) to which he was invited, Kuhn was asked about his research plans. When he replied that his ongoing research was focused on the history of overseas Chinese, he was met with a strange silence. After quite a while, someone in the audience politely commented, “Oh, this is an important issue. Th ey once supported Sun Yat-sen

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Journal of Chinese OverseasBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

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