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Some Thoughts on the State of Chinese Diaspora Studies

Some Thoughts on the State of Chinese Diaspora Studies Features 17 Lynn Pan, general editor. The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. 400 pp. Hardcover, ISBN 0­ 674­25210­1. Shen Yuanfang. Dragon Seed in the Antipodes: Chinese-Australian Autobiographies. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Paperback, ISBN 0­522­84941­5. Chen Yong. Chinese San Francisco, 1850­1943: A Trans-Pacific Community. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000. xvi, 379 pp. Hardcover $45.00, ISBN 0­8047­3605­7. It took me a while to understand why I found The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas a little disturbing on first reading. There is certainly a lot for general editor Lynn Pan and her contributors to feel very proud of. The scope of this book is quite exceptional; it looks at Chinese diaspora communities all over the globe, from Southeast Asia to Latin America to the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. In addition, there are a large number of thematic essays that introduce a range of very important issues--such as the nature of diasporas, the history of migrations from China, the institutions of Overseas Chinese communities, and some of the relationships between Overseas Chinese and China--that are crucial in beginning to understand the huge range of diverse experiences and historical circumstances that make up the Chinese diaspora. As http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png China Review International University of Hawai'I Press

Some Thoughts on the State of Chinese Diaspora Studies

China Review International , Volume 9 (1) – Sep 26, 2003

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Features 17 Lynn Pan, general editor. The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. 400 pp. Hardcover, ISBN 0­ 674­25210­1. Shen Yuanfang. Dragon Seed in the Antipodes: Chinese-Australian Autobiographies. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001. Paperback, ISBN 0­522­84941­5. Chen Yong. Chinese San Francisco, 1850­1943: A Trans-Pacific Community. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000. xvi, 379 pp. Hardcover $45.00, ISBN 0­8047­3605­7. It took me a while to understand why I found The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas a little disturbing on first reading. There is certainly a lot for general editor Lynn Pan and her contributors to feel very proud of. The scope of this book is quite exceptional; it looks at Chinese diaspora communities all over the globe, from Southeast Asia to Latin America to the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. In addition, there are a large number of thematic essays that introduce a range of very important issues--such as the nature of diasporas, the history of migrations from China, the institutions of Overseas Chinese communities, and some of the relationships between Overseas Chinese and China--that are crucial in beginning to understand the huge range of diverse experiences and historical circumstances that make up the Chinese diaspora. As

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Published: Sep 26, 2003

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