Dear China: Emigrant Letters and Remittances, 1820a 1980

by Gregor Benton

Book Overview

Qiaopi is one of several names given to the "silver letters" Chinese emigrants sent home in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These letters-cum-remittances document the changing history of the Chinese diaspora in different parts of the world and in different times.

Dear China is the first book-length study in English of qiaopi and of the origins, structure, and operations of the qiaopi trade. The authors explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520298438
• ISBN13: 9780520298439
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"