Chinese and Chinese mestizos of Manila : family, identity, and culture, 1860s-1930s / edited by Richard T. Chu.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description
xviii, 451 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Chinese overseas, 1876-3347 ; v. 1 [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references 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".
ISBN
  • 9789004173392 (hard cover : alk. paper)
  • 9004173390 (hard cover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009039192
OCLC
439903907
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