Cover; Contents; A Note on Romanization; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Great Convergence; 2. Colonists of the South Seas; 3. Confucius from Afar; 4. The Women Who Stayed Behind; 5. Homecomings; Conclusion and Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y; Z
Summary
In Diaspora's Homeland Shelly Chan provides a broad historical study of how the mass migration of more than twenty million Chinese overseas influenced China's politics, economics, and culture and helped establish China as a nation-state within a global system
