Technical Change and Economic Growth: Inside the Knowledge Based Economy

The essays reprinted here trace the history of Chinese emigration into the Pacific region, first as individuals, traders or exiles, moving into the 'Nanyang' (Southeast Asia), then as a mass migration across the ocean after the mid-19th century. The papers include discussions of what it meant to be Chinese, the position of the migrants vis-agrave;-vis China itself, and their relations with indigenous peoples as well as the European powers that came to dominate the region. Together with the introduction, they constitute an important aid to understanding one of the most widespread diasporas of the modern world. Contents: Introduction; Concepts and Overview: Conceptualizing Chinese diasporas 1842 to 1949, Adam McKeown; The distribution and occupations of overseas Chinese, Sen-Dou Chang. Migration, Interaction and Hybridity in Southeast Asia: Change and persistence in Chinese culture overseas: a comparison of Thailand and Java, Chingho A. Chen; The Chinaman abroad: an account of the Malayan Archipelago, particularly of Java, Tae-Hae Ong [Dahai Wang]; The Chinese mestizo in Philippine history, Edgar Wickberg. Around the Pacific: Chinese coolie emigration to countries within the British Empire, Persia Crawford Campbell; The Chinese struggle for civil rights in 19th-century America: the first phase, 18501870, Charles McClain; Origins of the Chinese in the South Pacific islands, W.E. Willmott; From gold mountain women to astronauts' wives: challenges to New Zealand Chinese women, Manying Ip. Between Nationalisms: A note on the origins of 'Hua-Chiao', Gungwu Wang; The overseas Chinese and the 1911 revolution, Ching-hwang Yen; Pigtail: a pre-history of Chineseness in Siam, Kasian Tejapira; Index. About the Author: Anthony Reid is Director of the Asia Research Institute and Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore.