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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London :
Cornell University Press,
2014.
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Sommario:
- 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.