Voluntary organizations in the Chinese Diaspora /

Voluntary organizations in the Chinese Diaspora / edited by Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce and Evelyn Hu-Dehart. - Hong Kong : [London] : Hong Kong University Press ; [Eurospan, distributor], ©2006. - 1 online resource (x, 295 pages) : illustrations, 1 map

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the Chinese Diaspora and voluntary associations / Between tradition and modernity : the Chinese Association of Johor Bahru, Malaysia / Cultural politics of clan associations in contemporary Singapore / Chinese voluntary and involuntary associations in Indonesia / Chinese charity organizations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam : the past and present / Association divided, association united : the social organization of Chaozhou and Fujian migrants in Hong Kong / Voluntary associations in a predominantly male immigrant community : the Chinese on the northern Mexican frontier, 1880-1930 -- Evelyn Hu-Dehart -- Development of Chinese communal places in Sydney / Roles and contributions of Chinese women entrepreneurs in community organizations in Sydney -- Angeline Low -- Paradox of ethnicization and assimilation : the development of ethnic organizations in the Chinese immigrant community in the United States / Ethnic church attendance and social participation of immigrants in Canada / From "loose sand" to "cloakroom community" : Chinese associations in the Czech Republic / Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce and Evelyn Hu-Dehart -- P. Pui Huen Lim-- Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce -- Mary Somers Heidhues-- Satohiro Serizawa--- Susanne Y.P. Choi-- Walter Lalich-- Zhou Min and Rebecca Y. Kim -- Eric Fong and Linda Lee -- Markéta Moore.

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This book argues that Chinese voluntary organizations continue to play a significant role in both the established and new Chinese communities in the Diaspora.


Electronic reproduction.
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HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.


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English.

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Chinese--Societies, etc.--History.--Foreign countries
Chinese--Social life and customs.--Foreign countries
Chinois--Associations--Histoire.--Pays étrangers
Chinois--Mœurs et coutumes.--Pays étrangers
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Freemasonry & Secret Societies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--General.


History

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366.0089951

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