Chinese migrants write home : a dual-language anthology of twentieth-century family letters / edited...
Chinese migrants write home : a dual-language anthology of twentieth-century family letters / edited...
Chinese migrants write home : a dual-language anthology of twentieth-century family letters / edited by Gregor Benton, Huimei Zhang, Hong Liu = Jia shu di wan jin : er shí shi jì hua ren yi mín shu xìn xuan zhu / Ban Guoruì, Zhang Huimei, Liu Hong.
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Publisher
Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, 2020.
Call Numbers
G 2020/2155
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MMS ID
Language
- English
- Chinese
Chinese
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Reasons for emigrating -- Immigration procedures -- Emigrants' life overseas -- Migrant dependants' lives in China -- Distribution of remittances -- Household matters -- Economic issues and politics -- Education -- Society -- Family values, new ideas, and advice to family members
Publication information
Publisher
Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, 2020.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
2020.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Qiaopi is the name given in Chinese to letters written home by Chinese emigrants to accompany remittances, in the 150 years starting in the 1820s. Qiaopi had numerous functions and dimensions, ranging from economic and social to cultural and political. In June 2013, the Qiaopi Project was officially registered under UNESCO's "Memory of the World"...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Chinese migrants write home : a dual-language anthology of twentieth-century family letters / edited by Gregor Benton, Huimei Zhang, Hong Liu = Jia shu di wan jin : er shí shi jì hua ren yi mín shu xìn xuan zhu / Ban Guoruì, Zhang Huimei, Liu Hong.
Vernacular Title
Chinese migrants write home : a dual-language anthology of twentieth-century family letters / edited by Gregor Benton, Huimei Zhang, Hong Liu = 家书抵万金 : 二十世纪华人移民书信选注 / 班国瑞, 张慧梅, 刘宏.
Parallel title
Jia shu di wan jin : er shí shi jì hua ren yi mín shu xìn xuan zhu | 家书抵万金 : 二十世纪华人移民书信选注
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Call Numbers
G 2020/2155
Record Identifier
74VKaPqwjAkO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPqwjAkO
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9813274921
9789813274921
DDC
305.595100922
MMS ID
991024310416202626
