Research Catalog

Title

Chinese overseas : migration, research and documentation / edited by Tan Chee-Beng, Colin Storey, Julia Zimmerman.

Author

International Conference of Institutes & Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies (2nd : 2003 : Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Publication

Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tan, Chee Beng.
• Storey, Colin.
• Zimmerman, Julia.
• Chinese University of Hong Kong. University Library System.
• Ohio University. Libraries.

Description

xxv, 416 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Chinese > Research > Foreign countries > Congresses
• Chinese > Foreign countries > Congresses

Note

• " The papers selected ... were originally presented at the Second International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies under the theme 'Transnational Networks: Challenges in Research and Documentation of the Chinese Overseas' which was jointly organized by the University Library System, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Ohio University Libraries, USA, on 13-15 March 2003, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong."--Preface.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Mixing memory and desire: tracking the migrant cycles / Wang Gungwu -- 2. Transnational networks as reflected in epigraphy: the case of Chinese Buddhist bells in southeast Asia / Claudine Salmon -- 3. Collecting "grey literature" from Indonesia / Myra Sidharta -- 4. Use of administrative data in research on recent Chinese immigrants to Canada / Peter S. Li -- 5. Chinese "astronaut" families in New Zealand: evidence from census data / Elsie Ho -- 6. Scattered and silent sources: researching the Chinese in South Africa / Karen L. Harris -- 7. Transnational histories: a dual-sided approach to researching early twentieth-century Chinese migration to Cuba / Kathleen Lōpez -- 8. Teaching and documentation of Chinese overseas studies / Tan Chee-Beng & Ann S. Chiu -- 9. Preservation of and access to overseas Chinese research materials: the case of Chinese in the United States / L. Ling-chi Wang -- 10. First decade of the Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center at Ohio State University (1993-2003) / Hwa-Wei Lee & Liren Zheng -- 11. Documentation and resource sharing on Chinese genealogical resources: opportunities and challenges / Sheau-yueh J. Chao -- 12. Research materials on Chinese overseas at the University of Hong Kong libraries / Y.C. Wan -- 13. Overseas Chinese clippings database at Hong Kong Baptist University Library / Irene Suk Mei Wong -- 14. Private archives of Zhao Shuxia / Kathrin Ensinger -- 15. Migration in Hong Kong: a look into the past at the exhibition of the Chinese Overseas Collection at the Chinese University of Hong Kong / Meliza Ng & Jade Lai King Wong -- 16. Displaying history: the challenges of creating a Chinese Overseas Exhibition / Wei Chi Poon.

Call Number

*OVO 08-2735

ISBN

• 9789629963286
• 9629963280

LCCN

2007320860

OCLC

154711404

Conference

International Conference of Institutes & Libraries for Overseas Chinese Studies (2nd : 2003 : Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Title

Chinese overseas : migration, research and documentation / edited by Tan Chee-Beng, Colin Storey, Julia Zimmerman.

Imprint

Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, c2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Tan, Chee Beng.

Storey, Colin.

Zimmerman, Julia.

Chinese University of Hong Kong. University Library System.

Ohio University. Libraries.

Research Call Number

*OVO 08-2735