Opportunity in Crisis - Cantonese Migrants and the State in Late Qing China

In Opportunity in Crisis, an exploration of the late Qing Cantonese migration along the West River, Steven B. Miles situates the Cantonese upriver and overseas migration within the same framework, thus reconceiving the late Qing as an age of Cantonese diasporic expansion rather than one of state decline.

Info autore

Steven B. Miles is Professor of History and of International and Area Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

Riassunto

In Opportunity in Crisis, an exploration of the late Qing Cantonese migration along the West River, Steven B. Miles situates the Cantonese upriver and overseas migration within the same framework, thus reconceiving the late Qing as an age of Cantonese diasporic expansion rather than one of state decline.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven B Miles, Steven B. Miles
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780674251205
• ISBN: 978-0-674-25120-5
• Pagine: 415
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni