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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