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Author Benton, Gregor, author.

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

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Emigrant remittances -- China -- 19th century.
Emigrant remittances.
China.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Emigrant remittances -- China -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Chinese -- Foreign countries -- Correspondence.
Chinese -- Foreign countries.
Chinese -- Foreign countries -- History.
History.
China -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Liu, Hong, 1962- author.
Other Form: Print version: Benton, Gregor. Dear China. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520298415 (DLC) 2018000553
ISBN 9780520970540 (electronic book)
0520970543 (electronic book)
9780520298415 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780520298439 (paperback) (alkaline paper)