Chinese in Colonial Burma: A Migrant Community in A Multiethnic State (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies)

FREE JOSHUA WONG FROM THESE SCUM "Acknowledgments"--"Contents"--"List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "List of Maps" -- "Chapter 1: Introduction" -- "1.1 Chinese in Burma" -- "1.2 Burma in the British Imperial World and the Southeast Asian Chinese Maritime Network" -- "1.3 Structure of the Book" -- "1.3.1 Coming to Burma" -- "1.3.2 Being Burmese Chinese" -- "1.4 Limits of the Current Study" -- "1.5 Notes on Transliteration and Spelling" -- "Notes" -- "Part 1: Coming to Burma" -- "Chapter 2: From Frontier to Heartland" -- "2.1 A Pre-colonial Frontier" -- "2.2 The Yunnanese in Burma Before 1886" -- "2.3 British Efforts to Secure the Frontier" -- "2.4 Community Reconfiguration Along the Border" -- "2.4.1 Chinese Intelligence" -- "2.4.2 Building a Migrant Community" -- "2.5 Interactions Among Regional Chinese Groups in Burma" -- "Notes" -- "Chapter 3: A Chinese Mental Map of the Irrawaddy Delta" -- "3.1 A Hokkien Individualâ#x80;#x99;s Experience in Lower Burma" -- "3.2 Cross-clan Associations in Rangoon" -- "3.2.1 Temples as Community Centers" -- "3.2.2 Procession of Deities" -- "3.2.3 Secret Societies, Their Founding Myths and Protocols" -- "3.3 Ceremonies of Spectacles" -- "3.3.1 The Chinese New Year Celebrations" -- "3.3.2 A Prominent Chinese Familyâ#x80;#x99;s Weddings and Funerals" -- "3.3.3 Exercising â#x80;#x9C;Chinese-nessâ#x80;#x9D; in a Multiethnic Colonial State" -- "Notes" -- "Part 2: Being Burmese Chinese" -- "Chapter 4: Merchants of the Empire" -- "4.1 Chinese Merchants in Colonial Publications" -- "4.1.1 Main Chinese Businesses in Burma" -- "4.1.2 Regional Connections" -- "4.1.3 An Affluent and Modern Lifestyle" -- "4.2 The â#x80;#x9C;Short-sleevesâ#x80;#x9D; Chinese" -- "4.3 Merchants of the Empire?" -- "4.3.1 Presenting the Chinese in an Imperial World" -- "4.3.2 Indian Versus Chinese" -- "4.3.3 Chinese Internalization" -- "Notes" -- "Chapter 5: The Rangoon Vice." Using previously unexplored archives from colonial institutions and individuals, and primary materials produced by the Burmese Chinese, this comprehensive study investigates over a century of history of the Burmese Chinese under British colonial rule. Due to the peculiar position of Burma in the British imperial world and the Southeast Asian Chinese network, the Chinese community had a unique experience in a Southeast Asian colony governed by Europeans with an India-based system. This book reveals, through everyday life experience, prominent community figures, and milestone events, the internal rivalry and integration among different regional groups within the community, and the general impressions it left in contemporary observations and communal memories. The book also traces historical roots of some unsolved ethnic issues in present-day Myanmar.