Miles, Steven B.  (1964-....) <br/><br/>
Upriver journeys  diaspora and empire in southern China, 1570-1850 /  [Texte imprimé] : 
Steven B. Miles 
 - Cambridge :  Harvard University Asia Center,  cop. 2017 
 - 1 vol. (332 p.) ;  24 cm 
 - Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;  106 .
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. 297-326 
<br/><br/>I. Imperial intermediaries: Officials: agents of empire in the upriver frontier, 1570-1740 -- Students: migration and civil examinations, 1570-1760 -- Merchants: commercial networks and state support, 1700-1850 -- II. Diasporic families: Husbands and wives in the West River basin -- Upriver settlers and delta lineages 
<br/><br/> "Traces journeys of Cantonese migrants along the West River and its tributaries, one of the world's great river systems, between the late sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, presenting arguments about the relationship between diaspora and empire in an upriver frontier and the role of migration in sustaining families and lineages in what would become a global diaspora"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-674-97520-0 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Chinese--Migrations--History Migration, Internal--China--Xi River Region--History River life--China--History Xi River Region (China)--History 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.906910951270903