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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press
[2015]
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Edición: | 1st ed |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423012706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.