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Author:

Miles, Steven B., 1964- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006023831

Title:

Upriver journeys : diaspora and empire in southern China, 1570-1850 / Steven B. Miles.

Publisher:

Published by the Harvard University Asia Center,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xii, 332 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Chinese--History.--History.
Migration, Internal--Xi River Region--Xi River Region--History.
River life--China--History.
Xi River Region (China)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

I. Imperial intermediaries: Officials: agents of empire in the upriver frontier, 1570-1740 -- Students: migration and civil examinations, 1570-1760 -- Merchants: commercial networks and state support, 1700-1850 -- II. Diasporic families: Husbands and wives in the West River basin -- Upriver settlers and delta lineages.

Summary:

"Traces journeys of Cantonese migrants along the West River and its tributaries, one of the world's great river systems, between the late sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, presenting arguments about the relationship between diaspora and empire in an upriver frontier and the role of migration in sustaining families and lineages in what would become a global diaspora"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 106

ISBN:

0674975200
9780674975200

OCLC:

(OCoLC)953792533

LCCN:

2016028805

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)