The Political Structure of the Chinese Community in Cambodia: Volume 42

ISBN-13: 9780367716646 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 222 str.

W. E. Willmott

Opis

This field study of organized Chinese life in Cambodia, past and present, takes its place in the growing sociological literature on the overseas Chinese and, in a sense, transcends it.

Spis treści

1. INTRODUCTION, 2. ORIGINS OF THE CONGRÉGATION SYSTEM, 3. THE 'CONGRÉGATION SYSTBM UNDER THE FRENCH, 4 CHINESE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE CONGRÉGATION, 5. ALTERNATIVE CENTRES OF POWER, 6. THB END OF THE CONGRÉGATIONS, 7. THE RISE OF VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS, 8. RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF CHINESE COMMUNITY LIFE, 9. ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CHINESE COMMUNITY LIFE, 10. LEADERSHIP IN THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN PHNOM-PENH, 11. CHINESE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN SMALLER TOWNS, 12. COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OVERSEAS CHINESE COMMUNITIES, 13. BEYOND A CONCLUSION, APPENDICES, LIST OF CHINESE CHARACTERS, LIST OF WORKS CITED, INDEX

O autorze

W. E. Willmott is Associate Professor of anthropology in the University of British Columbia.