In this Book
- Pax Sinica: Geopolitics and Economics of China's Ascendance
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
Making use of extensive research in archives around the world, Pacific Crossing charts the rise of Chinese Gold Mountain firms engaged in all kinds of transpacific trade, especially the lucrative export of prepared opium and other luxury goods. Challenging the traditional view that the migration was primarily a “coolie trade,” Elizabeth Sinn uncovers leadership and agency among the many Chinese who made the crossing. In presenting Hong Kong as an “in-between place” of repeated journeys and continuous movement, Sinn also offers a fresh view of the British colony and a new paradigm for migration studies.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- p. xi
- Acronyms and Glossaries
- pp. xiii-xxi
- Name Index
- pp. 440-445
- Subject Index
- pp. 446-461
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882208773
Related ISBN(s)
9789888083824
MARC Record
OCLC
818851614
Pages
400
Launched on MUSE
2012-12-20
Language
English
Open Access
No