Chinese Colonial Entanglements: Commodities and Traders in the Southern Asia Pacific, 1880-1950

Chinese Colonial Entanglements takes a new geographical approach to understanding the Chinese diaspora, shining a light on Chinese engagement in labor, trade, and industry in the British colonies of the southern Asia Pacific. Starting from the 1880s, a decade when British colonization was rapidly expanding and establishing new industries and townships, this volume covers the period up to 1950, including the 1930s when economic competition saw new...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824897609
• ISBN13: 9780824897604
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"