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_c6.99 UK
100 1 _aSEAGRAVE Sterling
245 0 _aLords of the rim
260 _aLondon:
_bTransworld Publishers Ltd.,
_c1996
300 _a430p.
520 3 _aExamines 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.
650 _aASIA
650 _aCHINA
650 _aCHINESE PEOPLE
650 _aECONOMY
650 _aEXPATRIATE CHINESE
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