Lords of the rim
SEAGRAVE Sterling
Lords of the rim - London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1996 - 430p.
Examines the economic power of expatriate Chinese communities throughout the world. Part 1, comprising the first third of the book, provides some social history of China noting in particular the contempt in which Emperors generally held merchants and the extent of treachery and tyranny. Part 2 describes different aspects of the overseas Chinese since 1500 AD.
055214052X (pbk.): 6.99 UK
ASIA
CHINA
CHINESE PEOPLE
ECONOMY
EXPATRIATE CHINESE
Lords of the rim - London: Transworld Publishers Ltd., 1996 - 430p.
Examines the economic power of expatriate Chinese communities throughout the world. Part 1, comprising the first third of the book, provides some social history of China noting in particular the contempt in which Emperors generally held merchants and the extent of treachery and tyranny. Part 2 describes different aspects of the overseas Chinese since 1500 AD.
055214052X (pbk.): 6.99 UK
ASIA
CHINA
CHINESE PEOPLE
ECONOMY
EXPATRIATE CHINESE