Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma

by Wen-chin Chang

Book Overview

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 1949 and subsequent political upheavals in China, an unprecedented number of Yunnanese refugees have fled to Burma. Through a personal narrative approach, ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801479673
• ISBN13: 9780801479670
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher