Dear China : emigrant letters and remittances, 1820-1980 / Gregor Benton and Hong Liu.

By:

Benton, Gregor [author.]

Contributor(s):

Liu, Hong, 1962- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: California scholarship onlinePublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780520970540
0520970543

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dear China.DDC classification:

332/.04246095109034 23

LOC classification:

HG3978 .B46 2018

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Contents:

The genealogy of qiaopi studies -- The structure of the qiaopi trade and transnational networks -- The qiaopi trade as a distinctive form of Chinese capitalism -- Qiaopi geography -- Qiaopi and modern Chinese economy and politics -- Qiaopi, qiaoxiang, and charity -- Qiaopi and European migrants' letters compared -- Conclusions -- Appendix : selected qiaopi and huipi letters.

Summary: "Qiaopi is one of several names given to the 'silver letters' Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the diaspora in different parts of the world and different periods, and its ties to China. The qiaopi trade played a big part in making China transnational. This book, the first in English on qiaopi and on the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade, makes an important contribution to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Qiaopi is one of several names given to the 'silver letters' Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the diaspora in different parts of the world and different periods, and its ties to China. The qiaopi trade played a big part in making China transnational. This book, the first in English on qiaopi and on the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade, makes an important contribution to our understanding of modern Chinese history and to the comparative study of global migration"--Provided by publisher.