Kwok B. Chan

Chee Kiong Tong

The first of the "Asian Science Series," this book explores the question: Who are the Chinese in Thailand? Are they "assimilated Thais" or are they "Chinese" living in Thailand? Does their being "in" Thailand make them "of" Thailand? Through a collection of authoritative essays, this book explores how the Chinese of Thailand constantly alternate their positions within the fabric of the Thai society. For those seeking the composite image of what it means to be a Chinese, this book holds up many intriguing mirrors. This is a co-publication with Times Academic Press

The Chinese of Contemporary Thailand

Alternate Identities

Brenda S. A. Yeoh

Michael W. Charney

The study of the overseas Chinese has by now become a global enterprise, raising new theoretical problems and empirical challenges. New case studies of overseas Chinese, such as those on communities in North America, Cuba, India and South Africa, continually unveil different perspectives. New kinds of transnational connectivities linking Chinese communities are also being identified. It is now possible to make broader generalizations of a Chinese diaspora, on a global basis. Further, the intensifying study of the overseas Chinese has stimulated renewed intellectual vigor in other areas of research. The transnational and transregional activities of overseas Chinese, for example, pose serious challenges to analytical concepts of regional divides such as that between East and Southeast Asia.

Cultural, Educational, and Social Dimensions of the Chinese Diaspora

Chinese Migrants Abroad

This book aims to bring us to the deeper, human level of Singapore's history -- thus also its future. With over 150 photographs from Singapore's National Heritage Board and hitherto unpublished private collections, Singapore's social history goes under the lens of eleven ethnographers, unfolding hidden and forgotten facets of the nation's early years.

Chee Kiong Tong

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