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

Title Transpacific developments : the politics of multiple Chinas in Central America / Monica DeHart.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 211 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject International economic relations -- Political aspects -- Central America.
International economic relations -- Political aspects.
Central America.
Central America -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
International economic relations.
China.
China -- Foreign economic relations -- Central America.
Central America -- Foreign economic relations -- Taiwan.
Taiwan.
Taiwan -- Foreign economic relations -- Central America.
Central America -- Foreign relations -- China.
International relations.
China -- Foreign relations -- Central America.
Central America -- Foreign relations -- Taiwan.
Taiwan -- Foreign relations -- Central America.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
Diplomatic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: DeHart, Monica C. Transpacific developments Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501759420 (DLC) 2021014541
ISBN 9781501759444 electronic book
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