Preserving cultural identity through education : the schools of the Chinese community in Calcutta, India /

Immigrants from China started settling in Calcutta, the British capital of colonial India, from the late eighteenth century. Initially, the immigrant community comprised of male workers, many of whom sojourned between China and India. Only in the early twentieth century was there a large influx of w...

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Main Author: Xing, Zhang
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2010.
Series:Research series (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre)
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