Tracy C Barrett: 1 book
The Chinese Diaspora in South-East Asia
The Overseas Chinese in IndoChina
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
As Qing Dynasty China disintegrated, economic hardship and civil disorder led to millions of Chinese men and women seeking their fortunes abroad, many journeying south into French Indochina. These émigrés settled into tight-knit communities called huiguan: organisations which closely mirrored the...
