- Additional Authors
- Liu, Hong, 1962-
- Description
- 1 online resource.
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- Dear China (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Dear China (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- 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 : a selection of qiaopi and huipi letters in English translation.
- ISBN
- 9780520970540 (epub)
- LCCN
- 2018006055
- OCLC
- ssj0002005142
- Author
Benton, Gregor.
- Title
Dear China [electronic resource] : emigrant letters and remittances, 1820-1980 / Gregor Benton and Hong Liu.
- Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Liu, Hong, 1962-
- Other Form:
Print version: Benton, Gregor, author. Dear China Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520298415 (DLC) 2018000553