Chinese Colonial Entanglements: Commodities and Traders in the Southern Asia Pacific, 1880–1950: Edited by Julia T. Martínez, Claire Lowrie and Gregor Benton. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2024. Pp. 221. US$68.00 cloth.

The main focus of "Chinese Colonial Entanglements: Commodities and Traders in the Southern Asia Pacific, 1880–1950" is to explore the economic activities and contributions of Chinese immigrants in various British Empire colonies in the Pacific from 1880 to 1950, despite facing adverse colonial polic...

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Publicado en:Australian Historical Studies Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 560 - 562
Autor principal: Kwok, Juanita
Formato: Book Review
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2025
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