Chinese and Chinese mestizos of Manila

Chu, Richard T.

Chinese and Chinese mestizos of Manila family, identity, and culture, 1860s-1930s / [electronic resource] : by Richard T. Chu. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xviii, 451 p. : ill. (some col.), maps. - Chinese overseas : history, literature and society, v. 1 1876-3347 ; . - Chinese overseas ; v. 1. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-440) and index.

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".


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Chinese--History.--Philippines--Manila
Chinese--Social conditions.--Philippines--Manila
Chinese--Ethnic identity.--Philippines--Manila
Merchants--History.--Philippines--Manila


Manila (Philippines)--Ethnic relations.
Manila (Philippines)--Commerce--History.


Electronic books.

DS666.C5 / C476 2010eb

305.895/105991609034