ISBN:
9780415446860
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 173 p)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Chinese worlds
Parallel Title:
Print version Chinese in Eastern Europe and Russia : A Middleman Minority in a Transnational Era
DDC:
305.895/1047
Keywords:
Chinese Migrations
;
Emigration and immigration Economic aspects
;
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
;
Chinese History
;
Chinese
;
Chinese History
;
Chinese History
Abstract:
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Chinese in Russia and Eastern Europe from the nineteenth century to the present day
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; A note on the sources; Part I: History; 1 Early contacts; 2 Chinese farmers, hunters, workers and merchants in Russia, 1858-1914; 3 Chinese as labourers and soldiers in Russia's wars, 1914-22; 4 Chinese in the Soviet Union, 1922-89; Part II: The present; 5 Chinese migration to Russia and Eastern Europe since 1989: Sources, numbers and migration strategies; 6 Employment and the ethnic economy; 7 Transnational practices and politics; 8 Finding a place in Eastern Europe?
Description / Table of Contents:
9 Conclusion: A transnational middleman minorityNotes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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