Pacific Crossing: California Gold, Chinese Migration, and the Making of Hong Kong
Autor Elizabeth Sinnen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mar 2015
During
the
nineteenth
century
tens
of
thousands
of
Chinese
men
and
women
crossed
the
Pacific
to
work,
trade,
and
settle
in
California.
Drawn
initially
by
the
gold
rush,
they
took
with
them
skills
and
goods
and
a
view
of
the
world
which,
though
still
Chinese,
was
transformed
by
their
long
journeys
back
and
forth.
They
in
turn
transformed
Hong
Kong,
their
main
point
of
embarkation,
from
a
struggling
infant
colony
into
a
prosperous
international
port
and
the
cultural
center
of
a
far-ranging
Chinese
diaspora.
Making
use
of
extensive
research
in
archives
around
the
world,
Pacific
Crossing
charts
the
rise
of
Chinese
Gold
Mountain
firms
engaged
in
all
kinds
of
transpacific
trade,
especially
the
lucrative
export
of
prepared
opium
and
other
luxury
goods.
Challenging
the
traditional
view
that
the
migration
was
primarily
a
“coolie
trade,”
Elizabeth
Sinn
uncovers
leadership
and
agency
among
the
many
Chinese
who
made
the
crossing.
In
presenting
Hong
Kong
as
an
“in-between
place”
of
repeated
journeys
and
continuous
movement,
Sinn
also
offers
a
fresh
view
of
the
British
colony
and
a
new
paradigm
for
migration
studies.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789888139729
ISBN-10: 988813972X
Pagini: 472
Ilustrații: 23 b&w illus.; 22 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Hong Kong University Press
Colecția Hong Kong University Press
ISBN-10: 988813972X
Pagini: 472
Ilustrații: 23 b&w illus.; 22 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Hong Kong University Press
Colecția Hong Kong University Press
Recenzii
“This
is
a
tour
de
force
a
closely
focused
history,
rich
in
detail,
well
balanced,
generously
footnoted,
yet
eminently
readable.”
—Hugh
D.
R.
Baker,
The
China
Quarterly
“Through
vivid
stories
embedded
in
complicated
and
evolving
global
interconnections,
Sinn
has
produced
a
generous
and
abundantly
researched
account
of
Hong
Kong.”
—Madeline
Y.
Hsu,
China
Information
“No
one
.
.
.
has
explored
the
historical
links
between
Hong
Kong
and
California
as
thoroughly
and
as
innovatively
as
Elizabeth
Sinn
does
in
Pacific
Crossing.”
—John
M.
Carroll,
American
Historical
Review
“This
is
a
pioneering
work
in
many
ways
.
.
.
[It]
not
only
fills
big
gaps
in
our
grasp
of
Hong
Kong’s
role
in
international
migration
but
helps
set
the
agenda
for
future
research
on
it.”
—Gregor
Benton,
Journal
of
Chinese
Studies
Notă biografică
Elizabeth
Sinn
is
the
author
of
Power
and
Charity
A
Chinese
Merchant
Elite
in
Colonial
Hong
Kong.
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During
the
nineteenth
century
tens
of
thousands
of
Chinese
men
and
women
crossed
the
Pacific
to
work,
trade,
and
settle
in
California.
Drawn
initially
by
the
gold
rush,
they
took
with
them
skills
and
goods
and
a
view
of
the
world
which,
though
still
Chinese,
was
transformed
by
their
long
journeys
back
and
forth.
They
in
turn
transformed
Hong
Kong,
their
main
point
of
embarkation,
from
a
struggling
infant
colony
into
a
prosperous
international
port
and
the
cultural
center
of
a
far-ranging
Chinese
diaspora.
Making
use
of
extensive
research
in
archives
around
the
world,
Pacific
Crossing
charts
the
rise
of
Chinese
Gold
Mountain
firms
engaged
in
all
kinds
of
transpacific
trade,
especially
the
lucrative
export
of
prepared
opium
and
other
luxury
goods.
Challenging
the
traditional
view
that
the
migration
was
primarily
a
“coolie
trade,”
Elizabeth
Sinn
uncovers
leadership
and
agency
among
the
many
Chinese
who
made
the
crossing.
In
presenting
Hong
Kong
as
an
“in-between
place”
of
repeated
journeys
and
continuous
movement,
Sinn
also
offers
a
fresh
view
of
the
British
colony
and
a
new
paradigm
for
migration
studies.