{"product_id":"overseas-chinese-in-the-peoples-glen-peterson-9780415616706","title":"Overseas Chinese in the People's Republic of China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOverseas Chinese in the People's Republic of China \u003c\/em\u003eexamines the experiences of a group of persons known officially and collectively in the PRC as \"domestic Overseas Chinese\". They include family members of overseas migrants who remained in China, refugees fleeing persecution, and former migrants and their descendants who \"returned\" to the People's Republic in order to pursue higher education and to serve their motherland. In this book, Glen Peterson describes the nature of the official state project by which domestic Overseas Chinese were incorporated into the economic, political and social structures of the People's Republic of China in the 1950s, examines the multiple and contradictory meanings associated with being \"domestic Overseas Chinese\", and explores how \"domestic Overseas Chineseness\" as political category shaped social experiences and identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book fills an important gap in the literature on Chinese migration and Chinese transnationalism and will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of these subjects, as well as Chinese history and Asian Studies more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glen Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415616700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415616706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Glen Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658861555967,"sku":"9780415616706","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/overseas-chinese-in-the-peoples-glen-peterson-9780415616706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}