Asia inside out : itinerant people / edited by Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu, Peter C. Perdue.
The third and final volume of Asia Inside Out, Itinerant People focuses on the idea of "Diasporic Asia"--The meanings of the movement of people, past and present. Which specific groups and communities linked the trading empires of the South China Coast, South Asia, and the Middle East? Who...
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| Other title: | Itinerant people. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2019.
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| Summary: | The third and final volume of Asia Inside Out, Itinerant People focuses on the idea of "Diasporic Asia"--The meanings of the movement of people, past and present. Which specific groups and communities linked the trading empires of the South China Coast, South Asia, and the Middle East? Who actually traveled in the ships, and who travels in our modern jumbo jets? The authors consider the varied experiences of important mobile ethnic groups and their modern descendants. It is no accident that many of the descendants of these traveling communities can still be found around the rim of the Indian Ocean - and that many have seeped up into the land- and sea-scapes of the South China coast. The book explores the transient histories of "people on the move," through voluntary or involuntary circulation, either part of chosen paths (such as migration) or the radials of coerced journeys (such as slavery, or the dislocations wrought by conflict). The fluidity of human movement has acted to render the evolution of "Asia" more complex, both reinforcing older connections across time and space and forging new connections.-- |
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| Item Description: | This book is volume 3 of a 3 volume set which began with Asia inside out. Changing times, and continued with Asia inside out. Connected places. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 326 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674240698 0674240693 9780674240704 0674240707 9780674240711 0674240715 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |