Introduction
Chapter 1: Maritime Expansion and Chinese Migration
Chapter 2: Early Colonial Empires and Chinese Migrant
Communities
Chapter 3: Imperialism and Mass Emigration
Chapter 4: Communities in the Age of Mass Migration: I. Southeast
Asia
Chapter 5: Communities in the Age of Mass Migration: II. Exclusion
from, and in, the Settler Societies
Chapter 6: Revolution and "National Salvation"
Chapter 7: Chinese Communities in Postcolonial Southeast Asia
Chapter 8: The New Migration
Philip A. Kuhn is Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, emeritus, at Harvard University.
Kuhn's experience in studying Chinese history enables him to offer
an interesting perspective on Chinese migration in Chinese Among
Others. The book is noteworthy for its ambitious global scope.
Kuhn's insightful main argument contends that there is a symbiotic
relationship between modern Chinese history and the history of
Chinese migration. Chinese Among Others has broken new ground in
providing such food for thought.
*Chinese Studies*
Chinese Among Others is the first book to attempt a synthetic
history of Chinese migration around the world from the sixteenth
century to the present. . . . [L]ively and accessible . . .
appropriate for undergraduate courses while retaining complexity
and diverse insights for the specialist. . . . [A] timely
achievement that both summarizes the state of the field and offers
distinct interpretations, helping readers take stock and move
forward in new directions.
*Journal of Asian Studies*
Kuhn's conceptual clarity, the enlightening way in which he weaves
the story of Chinese migration into both national and global
histories, and his vivid writing—supplemented with excerpts from
primary sources—makes it an excellent text for students.
*The China Journal*
This is a rich and well-written narrative of great ambition,
erudition, and insight. It offers compelling and carefully
constructed bridges between the fields of Chinese, ethnic, and
migration studies.
*Journal of American Ethnic History*
Demonstrating his remarkable historical and historiographical
knowledge, Philip A. Kuhn’s Chinese Among Others is the most
comprehensive synthetic account of the saga of the modern Chinese
diaspora. Nobody else before him has captured the long and
complicated process of the Chinese diaspora so clearly and so
insightfully. This book represents a landmark in the study of this
extremely important topic. . . . This well-researched and
well-written book represents a monumental step toward establishing
the studies of the Chinese diaspora as a coherent field of
inquiry.
*H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online*
Philip Kuhn has written a comprehensive history of the Chinese
diaspora, from premodern southern Chinese maritime networks to
transformations wrought by colonialism and war in the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. Crisply written and sympathetic but not
sentimental, Chinese Among Others is magisterial in sweep, concept,
and execution.
*Mae M. Ngai, Columbia University*
Philip Kuhn dug deep into the history of China before turning to
pursue the many generations of Chinese migrants around the world.
He has an astute sensitivity for the lives of dislodged peoples and
an exceptional capacity to find the core issues in the subject.
This is a remarkable book that offers a unique contribution to the
growing field of diasporic Chinese history.
*Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore*
Philip Kuhn has long been urging us to study the Chinese globally,
and in this benchmark volume he skillfully weaves together a
tapestry of world Chinese history.
*Edgar Wickberg, University of British Columbia*
An impressive work. The very conception, a world-historical
treatment of the Chinese diaspora, is original. For me, the
intellectual excitement comes from the fresh perspective that Kuhn
qua consummate historian brings to subject matter more often
treated in fragmentary fashion by social scientists. Novel
conceptualizations and interpretations abound. Kuhn's research is
meticulous and his writing is clear. This book will command the
attention of China scholars and widen their horizons.
*G. William Skinner, University of California, Davis*
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