The Chinese in the Caribbean / edited and with an introduction by Andrew R. Wilson.

Other author Wilson, Andrew R., 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton, NJ : M. Wiener Publishers, ©2004.
Descriptionxxiii, 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Chinese--Caribbean Area.
Chinese--West Indies, British.
Chinese--Cuba.
Immigrants--Caribbean Area.
Immigrants--West Indies, British.
Immigrants--Cuba.
Caribbean Area--Emigration and immigration. --History.
West Indies, British--Emigration and immigration. --History.
Cuba--Emigration and immigration. --History.
China--Emigration and immigration. --History.

Contents The Chinese indenture system in the British West Indies and its aftermath / Walton Look Lai -- Kissing the Cross : nineteenth-century representations of Chinese and Indian immigrants in British Guiana and Trinidad / Anne-Marie Lee-Loy -- Survival, adaptation, and integration : origins and evolution of the Chinese community in Jamaica (1854-1962) / Li Anshan -- Chinese economic development and ethnic identity formation in Jamaica / Gail Bouknight-Davis -- "One brings another" : the formation of early-twentieth-century Chinese migrant communities in Cuba / Kathleen M. López -- Si tú preguntá, a mi gusta hacé cuento : "If you ask, I'll be happy to tell you" : Felipe Luis narrates his story / Mitzi Espinosa Luis ; translated by Kathleen López -- Anatomy of a craze : the tangled roots and twisting branches of the history of Cuban Chinese restaurants in New York City / Andrew Meyer -- Migration stories : serial migration and the production of home and identity in transnationalism / Lok Siu.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-228).
LCCN 2004016485
ISBN1558763155 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1558763147 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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