Upriver journeys : diaspora and empire in southern China, 1570-1850
by
Miles, Steven B., 1964- author.
Title
:
Upriver journeys : diaspora and empire in southern China, 1570-1850
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;
Author
:
Miles, Steven B., 1964- author.
ISBN
:
9780674975200
Personal Author
:
Miles, Steven B., 1964- author.
Publication Information
:
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center, 2017.
Physical Description
:
xii, 332 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Series
:
Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 106.
Contents
:
I. Imperial intermediaries: Officials: agents of empire in the upriver frontier, 1570-1740 -- Students: migration and civil examinations, 1570-1760 -- Merchants: commercial networks and state support, 1700-1850 -- II. Diasporic families: Husbands and wives in the West River basin -- Upriver settlers and delta lineages.
Abstract
:
"Traces journeys of Cantonese migrants along the West River and its tributaries, one of the world's great river systems, between the late sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, presenting arguments about the relationship between diaspora and empire in an upriver frontier and the role of migration in sustaining families and lineages in what would become a global diaspora"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Term
:
Chinese -- Migrations -- History.
Migration, Internal -- China -- Xi River Region -- History.
River life -- China -- History.
Geographic Term
:
Xi River Region (China) -- History.
Bibliographical References
:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-326) and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 10605235 HB2114 X5 M55 ysh
| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type | Status |
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| NPM Library | HB2114 X5 M55 2017 | 10605235 | 1 | B | *二館西文書一區 |