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

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages) Series California scholarship online California scholarship online 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 13, 2018) Subject Emigrant remittances -- China -- 19th century Emigrant remittances -- China -- 20th century Chinese -- Foreign countries -- Correspondence Chinese -- Foreign countries -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance. HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Chinese -- Foreign countries Economic history Emigrant remittances SUBJECT China -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024011 Subject China Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Liu, Hong, 1962- author. LC no. 2018006055 ISBN 9780520970540 0520970543

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