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Author DeHart, Monica C. (Monica Christine), author.

Title Transpacific developments : the politics of multiple Chinas in Central America / Monica DeHart
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 211 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: mapping multiple Chinas on the development landscape -- Transpacific assemblages: tracing development encounters over space and time -- Chinese diaspora: migration and the making of Central American modernity -- Taiwan: diplomatic, economic, and cultural associations with the 'Other China' -- Infrastructure: laying the groundwork for sovereignty and national identity -- Trade: brokering economic exchange across markets and cultures -- Corruption: hunting tigers and chopping chorizo across the Pacific -- Conclusion: locating development futures
Summary "This book offers an ethnographic study of the nature and stakes of contemporary Chinese development in Central America. It illuminates a long history of transpacific connections and the role of multiple Chinas-the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Chinese diasporic communities-in shaping the forms and expectations for regional development"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis china-latin america politics, china-taiwan diplomatic relations, chinese trade in latin america, chinese development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2021)
Subject International economic relations -- Political aspects -- Central America
HISTORY / Asia / China
Diplomatic relations
International economic relations
International economic relations -- Political aspects
SUBJECT Central America -- Foreign economic relations -- China
China -- Foreign economic relations -- Central America
Central America -- Foreign economic relations -- Taiwan
Taiwan -- Foreign economic relations -- Central America
Central America -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Foreign relations -- Central America
Central America -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan
Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- Central America
Subject Central America
China
Taiwan
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021014542
ISBN 9781501759444
1501759442
9781501759437
1501759434