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

Author/creator Chu, Richard T.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionxviii, 451 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
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SeriesChinese overseas ; v. 1
Chinese overseas v. 1. ^A1154281
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".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [423]-440) and index.
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LCCN 2009039192
ISBN9789004173392 (hard cover : alk. paper)
ISBN9004173390 (hard cover : alk. paper)