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Author Chu, Richard T.

Title Chinese and Chinese mestizos of Manila [electronic resource] : family, identity, and culture, 1860s-1930s / by Richard T. Chu.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xviii, 451 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.
Series Chinese overseas : history, literature and society, 1876-3347 ; v. 1
Chinese overseas ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-440) and index.
Contents Introduction : to be a "Filipino" and "Chinese" in the Philippines -- The Minnan region of Fujian : history and society -- The Chinese in late Spanish colonial Manila : an overview -- The Chinese merchants in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Manila : precursors of modern Chinese transnationalism in the Philippines -- Catholic conversion and marriage practices among Chinese merchants -- Family life and culture in Chinese merchant families -- Rethinking the Chinese mestizos and mestizas of Manila -- Early American colonial rule in the Philippines and the construction of "Filipino" and "Chinese" identities -- Chinese merchant families : family, identity, and culture in the early twentieth century -- Negotiating identities within Chinese merchant families : to be "Filipino" or to be Chinese".
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Chinese -- Philippines -- Manila -- History.
Chinese -- Philippines -- Manila -- Social conditions.
Chinese -- Philippines -- Manila -- Ethnic identity.
Merchants -- Philippines -- Manila -- History.
Manila (Philippines) -- Ethnic relations.
Manila (Philippines) -- Commerce -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004173392 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9004173390 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9789047426851 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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