Beyond Borders : Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma

Beyond Borders Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma

The Yunnanese from southwestern China have for millennia traded throughout upland Southeast Asia. Burma in particular has served as a "back door" to Yunnan, providing a sanctuary for political refugees and economic opportunities for trade explorers. Since the Chinese Communist takeover in...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Knowledge Unlatched funder (funder)
Other Authors: Chang, Wen-Chin, 1964- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press [2015]
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Muslims > Burma.
Chinese > Burma.
Chinese > Migrations.
Thailand > Emigration and immigration.
China > Emigration and immigration.
Burma > Emigration and immigration.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423012706719
Table of Contents:
  • Migration history
  • The days in Burma: Zhang Dage
  • Entangled love: Ae Maew
  • Pursuit of ambition: father and son
  • Islamic transnationalism: Yunnanese Muslims
  • (Transnational) trade
  • Venturing into barbarous regions: Yunnanese caravan traders
  • Transcending gendered geographies: Yunnanese women traders
  • Circulations of the jade trade: the Duans and the Pengs
  • Epilogue: from mules to vehicles.

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