Voyages, Migration, and the Maritime World : : On China’s Global Historical Role / / ed. by Clara Ho, Ricardo Mak, Yue-him Tam.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Brunero, Donna,; Chan, Catherine S.,; Chen, Kuo-tung,; Hansen, Valerie,; Lei, Chinhau,; Li, Kin Sum,; Masashi, Haneda,; Peterson, Glen,; Po, Ronald C.,; Thai, Philip,; Xiaorong, Han,; Yung, Ying-yue,
• HerausgeberIn: Ho, Clara,; Mak, Ricardo,; Tam, Yue-him,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 p.)

This is a multi-author volume resulted from an international conference focusing on topics related to our understanding of the role of China in the global history. Apart from introductory chapters exploring methodological issues and providing big pictures of framing China in the world in particular time zones, this volume also covers rich discussions on the following themes from the ancient period to the twentieth century: organized water transport, cultural interactions, navigators, port cities, smuggling activities, customs service, foreign relations, migration, and diasporas. Written by scholars of different generations who are based in diverse regions including Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, the UK and the US, the chapters in this volume either address old questions from new perspectives, or table new topics that were largely ignored in previous scholarship. Some go further to brainstorm possible research directions in the future. This thought-provoking volume will be beneficial to readers who are interested in rethinking China's position in the global historical stage against the backdrop of Post-Orientalism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Editors and Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: Perspectives on the World -- 1. World/Global History and the Positionality of Historians -- 2. The World in the Year 1000: The View from Beijing -- Part II: China’s Maritime World: From Ancient to Modern Times -- 3. The Emergence of Organized Water Transport in Early China: Its Social and Geographical Contexts -- 4. Cultural Interactions throughout the Ancient South China Sea -- 5. The Role of Vietnam in China’s Foreign Relations -- 6. Advantages of Chinese Navigators during the Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries -- 7. The Pearl by the Bohai Sea: Qinhuangdao in the Early Modern Period -- 8. Smuggling and Legal Pluralism on the China Coast: The Rise and Demise of the Joint Investigation Rules, 1864–1934 -- 9. Beyond Tariffs and Duties: The Chinese Maritime Customs Service and its Representations of China’s Maritime World c.1912–49 -- Part III: Migrations and the Travel of Ideas -- 10. International Law and China’s Entry into the ‘Family of Nations’: The Question of Forced Migration and Refugees -- 11. At the Edge of Two Worlds: Rethinking the Portuguese Diaspora in British Hong Kong -- 12. The Global Migration of a Chinese Family: Kwan Yuen-cheung and His Descendants