{"product_id":"9789814471992","title":"The Chinese in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Chinese in Southeast Asia, with their growing economic clout, have been attracting attention from politicians, scholars and observers in recent decades. The rise of China as a global economic power and its profound influence over Southeast Asia has cast a spotlight on the role of Southeast Asian Chinese in the region's economic relations with China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Southeast Asian Chinese as an economic force and their growing importance with China are, to a certain extent, determined by the nature and development of their communities. This book uses a multifaceted approach to unravel the forces that helped to transform the communities in the past. Containing 17 papers written within a span of six and a half years, from 2000 to 2006, the book focuses on the social, economic and political aspects of these communities, with special emphasis on the Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalaysian Chinese Society in Transition (1903–2003)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Century of Chinese Business in Malaysia (1904–2004)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Role of Hokkiens in the History of Malaysia and Singapore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKinship and Organization: The History of the Gan (Yan or Yen) Clansmen in Singapore and Malaysia (1850–1993)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Development and Future of the Chinese Kinship Associations in Singapore and Malaysia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflections on My Study of Ethic Chinese History in Singapore and Malaysia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSun Yat-Sen and the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya (1900–1911)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTongmenghui, Sun Yat-Sen, and the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya: A Revisit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLim Lian Geok and His Struggle for the Chinese Education in Malaya (1949–1961)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chinese in Southeast Asia and Beyond:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Change in the Ethnic (Overseas) Chinese Communities: A Historical Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Preliminary Study of Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia (1842–1941)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfucianism and the Ethnic Chinese Business in East and Southeast Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Overseas Chinese Nationalism: A Historical Study\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNanyang Chinese and the 1911 Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHakka Chinese in Southeast Asian History\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHong Kong, China, and the Overseas Chinese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDr Sun Yat-Sen and 21st Century China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Academics and general readers interested in the history of the Chinese community in Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003eKeywords:Chinese in Southeast Asia;Overseas Chinese;Ethnic Chinese;Chinese Overseas;China and Overseas Chinese;Capitalism;Nationalism;Ethnicity;Business;Economics;Culture;PoliticsReview:\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovers important issues such as Overseas Chinese nationalism, capitalism, ethnicity, politics and business\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a perspective from within the Chinese communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptures the mood and process of change within the Southeast Asian Chinese communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185291313392,"sku":"9789814471992","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814471992_p0.jpg?v=1763691078","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814471992","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}