{"product_id":"chinese-migrants-write-home-gregor-benton-9789813274921","title":"Chinese Migrants Write Home: A Dual-Language Anthology of Twentieth-Century Family Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQiaopi\u003c\/em\u003e is the name given in Chinese to letters written home by Chinese migrants to accompany remittances, in the 150 years starting in the 1820s. \u003cem\u003eQiaopi\u003c\/em\u003e had numerous functions and dimensions, ranging from economic and social to cultural and political. In June 2013, the \u003cem\u003eQiaopi\u003c\/em\u003e Project was officially registered under UNESCO's \"Memory of the World\" programme, set up in 1992 because of \"a growing awareness of the parlous state of preservation of documentary heritage\" in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents around one hundred letters from Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, the USA, and Canada, including photographic reproductions of the original letters, transcriptions in Chinese characters, and English translations, where necessary with explanatory notes. Most of the letters collected in Chinese and non-Chinese archives, and in this sourcebook, were products of the \u003cem\u003eQiaopi\u003c\/em\u003e system as traditionally defined. A few, especially some to and from North America, especially in the second half of the twentieth century, went through the Post Office, and were not handled by Chinese remittance companies. Not all the letters accompanied remittances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregor Benton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9813274921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789813274921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Scientific Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Gregor Benton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983550447871,"sku":"9789813274921","price":128.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9101aadc-00c4-4389-9d9d-0e73eea0dce9.jpg?v=1683267318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinese-migrants-write-home-gregor-benton-9789813274921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}