The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present: Economy, Transnationalism, Identity by Benton, G.

The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present: Economy, Transnationalism, Identity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230522299)

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The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present: Economy, Transnationalism, Identity by Benton, G.

The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present: Economy, Transnationalism, Identity

$119.00
The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present: Economy, Transnationalism, Identity by Benton, G.

The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present: Economy, Transnationalism, Identity

$119.00
Format: Hardcover
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This study points up the complex interplay of ethnic and national identities in the lives of Chinese in Britain, arguing that transnational studies reinforce essentialist conceptions of identity and cultural authenticity in diasporic communities, and thus frustrate the promotion of ethnic co-existence and social cohesion in multi-ethnic societies.

Author: G. Benton,E. Gomez
ISBN-10: 0230522297
ISBN-13: 9780230522299
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2007
Pages: 470
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.98w x 1.34d

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Choice 01/01/2009
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GREGOR BENTON has affiliations with Cardiff University, the University of Malaya and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His publications include Mountain Fires: The Red Army's Three-Year War in South China, 1934-1938, Diasporic Chinese Ventures: The Life and Work of Wang Gungwu, New Fourth Army: Communist Resistance along the Yangtze and the Huai, 1938-1941 and The Chinese in Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 1997).

EDMUND TERENCE GOMEZ is Professor at the Faculty of Economics & Administration, University of Malaya. His publications include Malaysia's Political Economy, Chinese Business in Malaysia, Political Business in East Asia and Chinese Enterprise, Transnationalism and Identity.

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