Chinese Migrants and Internationalism: Forgotten Histories, 1917–1945Routledge, 23 mai 2007 - 192 pages The transnational and diasporic dimensions of early Chinese migrant politics opened in the late nineteenth century when Chinese radical groups bent on overthrowing the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) vied with one another to win Chinese overseas to their modernizing projects, and immigrants who had suffered discrimination welcomed their proposals. The radicals’ concentration on Chinese communities abroad as outposts of Chinese politics and culture strengthened the stereotype of Chinese as clannish, unassimilable, xenophobic, and deeply introverted. This book argues that such a view has its roots less in historical truth than in political and ideological prejudice and obscures a rich vein of internationalist practice in Chinese migrant or diasporic history, which the study aims to restore to visibility. In some cases, internationalist alliances sprang from the spontaneous perception by Chinese and other non-Chinese migrants or local workers of shared problems and common solutions in everyday life and work. At other times, they emerged from under the umbrella of transnationalism, when Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist activists overseas received support for their campaigns from local internationalists; or the alliances were the product of nurturing by Chinese or non-Chinese political organizers, including anarchists, communists, and members of internationalist cultural movements like Esperantism. Based on sources in a dozen languages, and telling hitherto largely unknown or forgotten stories of Chinese migrant experiences in Russia, Germany, Cuba, Spain and Australia, this study will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese history, labour studies and ethnic/migration studies alike. |
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... Russia, Germany, Cuba, Spain, Australia,and the world Esperanto movement, this study will appeal tostudents and scholarsof Chinesehistory, labourstudies and ethnic/migration studies. Gregor Benton is Professor of Chinese History at ...
... Russia duringthe Revolution and in Germanypriortothe Nazi victory. The third is thelongstory of Chinese exploitationand displacement in Cubathatclimaxed in Chinese support,first forJulio Antonio Mella in the 1920s andthen for Fidel ...
... Russian Revolution, encouraged me to turn what was a short essay into a book, and made constructive comments on the manuscript. Barry Carr helped with materials on Cuba's communist movement and the Chinese role. Drew Cottle sent me ...
... Russia in 1920 (as we shall see in the next chapter), the national rights even of peoples such asthe migrant Chinese, without a compact territorialbase, wererecognised by representationona Soviet Council of Nationalities. Views in the ...
... Russia, as part of a general strategyof championing only nationalist movements that seemed likelyto undermineimperial dynasties orfurther socialist revolution. On the whole, Marx and Engelsthought nonEuropeans were 'backward', a logical ...
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Chinese Migrants and Internationalism: Forgotten Histories, 1917-1945 Gregor Benton Aucun aperçu disponible - 2011 |
Chinese Migrants and Internationalism: Forgotten Histories, 1917-1945 Gregor Benton Aucun aperçu disponible - 2007 |