Atherton. Gordon. 2013. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographic illustrations throughout, 20pp, pictorial card covers, 31 x 15.5cm. "In the late 19th century Chinese settlers in Australia's Northern Territory who wished to relocate to the east coast colonies were required to pay a poll tax. This was an..... More
Singapore. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2002. x + 216pp, appendices, notes, index, paperback. "This collection of essays focuses on law and the diaspora Chinese. They show us a variety of answers to such questions as: what are the laws of China outside China; what are the laws of the..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2008. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxviii + 287pp, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. The movement of people out of China is one of the largest movements of humanity in modern times, and large numbers of Chinese emigrated to the colony of the Dutch East Indies, now..... More
Australia: Black Inc., 2013. 256pp, paperback. At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood- leaving home, choosing a career, finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads- the love and worry of her parents..... More
Melbourne. Black Inc., 2008. 351pp, paperback. Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: Quiet Achiever. FOB. Gangster Chigger. Mainlander. Banana. But are these labels based on some degree of truth, or only fiction? What is it like to grow up Asian in Australia? Unpredictable..... More
Hong Kong. Earnshaw Books. 2012. Black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 288 pages, notes, glossary, chronology, family tree, paperback. Hemmed in by prejudice and restrictive laws, Chinese Americans lived in a defensive crouch at the turn of the 20th century. This is the true story of three scrappy and..... More
Singapore. NUS Press. 2012. Colour photographic plates, 259pp, bibliography, index, paperback. In China's Left-Behind Wives, Huifen Shen tells the extraordinary story of an overlooked group of women who played an important role in one of the largest waves of migration in history. For roughly a century starting around 1850, large..... More
Sydney. Rosenberg. 2004. Reprint. Black and white photographic illustrations, 192pp, bibliography, index, paperback. Very good copy. Quong Tart was one of the most fascinating and colourful characters of colonial Sydney. A Mandarin of the Blue Button, honoured by the Dragon Throne with the Peacock Feather, he was at the same..... More
Paris. Les Indes Savantes. 2002. Black and white photographic illustrations, 374pp, bibliography, index, paperback. French text. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 59342). More
Melbourne. Text Publishing. 2019. 231pp, notes, paperback. John Howard was the unlikely reformer of Australian society. He loosened migration laws, massively boosting the population and making it less white. Simultaneously, his divisive rhetoric about national identity-a legacy of White Australia-hamstrung discussion of these huge changes. As the MP for a...... More
