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Hall, Laura Jane.

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The Chinese in Guyana: The making of a Creole community.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Chinese in Guyana: The making of a Creole community./
Author:	Hall, Laura Jane.
Description:	211 p.
Notes:	Chair: Michel Laguerre.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International56-09A.
Subject:	History, Asia, Australia and Oceania. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9602577

The Chinese in Guyana: The making of a Creole community.
Hall, Laura Jane.

The Chinese in Guyana: The making of a Creole community. - 211 p.

Chair: Michel Laguerre.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1995.

Between 1853 and 1879, 13376 men, women and children emigrated from China to Guyana (formerly British Guiana) as indentured laborers. This study follows that group from the time of their first arrival in 1853 through to the period of national independence in 1966. By the early twentieth century, the Chinese were perceived as being more oriented to their new country and almost devoid of connections or interests in China, particularly in comparison to other overseas Chinese. Later views of social scientists held that the Chinese in Guyana were completely creolized. How this happened and to what extent it was true is the question here. The results of this research suggest that the nature of creolization in a racially segmented society left room for some areas of ethnic autonomy for the Chinese even as they became integrated into the class structure. The transformation and reinvention of a creole Chinese identity are examined here in the context of the social and economic conditions prevailing in their country of adoption; namely a racially hierarchical society dominated by a colonial administration and the narrow interests of a sugar economy.Subjects--Topical Terms:

626624
History, Asia, Australia and Oceania.

The Chinese in Guyana: The making of a Creole community.
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520 $a Between 1853 and 1879, 13376 men, women and children emigrated from China to Guyana (formerly British Guiana) as indentured laborers. This study follows that group from the time of their first arrival in 1853 through to the period of national independence in 1966. By the early twentieth century, the Chinese were perceived as being more oriented to their new country and almost devoid of connections or interests in China, particularly in comparison to other overseas Chinese. Later views of social scientists held that the Chinese in Guyana were completely creolized. How this happened and to what extent it was true is the question here. The results of this research suggest that the nature of creolization in a racially segmented society left room for some areas of ethnic autonomy for the Chinese even as they became integrated into the class structure. The transformation and reinvention of a creole Chinese identity are examined here in the context of the social and economic conditions prevailing in their country of adoption; namely a racially hierarchical society dominated by a colonial administration and the narrow interests of a sugar economy.
520 $a There were several unique aspects of the Chinese migration to Guyana that were to have an impact on the future development of the community. The presence of a significant number of women among the immigrants contributed to the establishment of a small but recognizable creole born Chinese community at the turn of the century. Another historical factor was the recruitment of several groups of Chinese Christian converts from missions in Southern China. Though a minority, this group was to have a central role in defining the image and identity of the Chinese in Guyana.
520 $a Over the years the Chinese were able to define themselves in terms of Euro-Creole values as "respectable" by their activity in the Church and other social organizations, their participation in appropriate leisure pursuits such as sports and their occupational preferences. Each of these areas are considered in turn here.
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