Beyond Borders : Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma /

Beyond Borders : Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma /

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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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Main Author: Chang, Wen-Chin, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Muslims.
Emigration and immigration.
Chinese > Migrations.
Chinese.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture : general.
Social issues and processes.
Migration, immigration and emigration.
Musulmans > Birmanie.
Chinois > Birmanie.
Muslims > Burma.
Chinese > Burma.
Thailand.
China.
Burma.
Thailand > Emigration and immigration.
China > Emigration and immigration.
Burma > Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
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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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