Merchant Princes of the East is an original and searching analysisof the economic success of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.Focusing on companies, associations, social relationships andmarkets, this book challenges cultural explanations of thatsuccess. It is suggested that values, institutions and actionsoften interpreted and presented as definitive components of Chinese?culture? are not peculiar or unique to Overseas Chinese, and mayalso be turned against material progress. The final chapter drawsupon the arguments developed earlier in the book to consider thesignificance of the links between China and the Overseas Chineseboth for China and for the Far East as a whole. Following on fromthe author?s two previous successful books published by Wiley, TheWest Pacific Rim and The Creations of Wealth in China, MerchantPrinces of the East covers a wide range of issues of interest tostudents and graduates of economics, geography, anthropology,social psychology and ethnic and cultural studies, as well as tothose with a specialist interest in the Far East.
Book Details:
- Author: Rupert Hodder
- ISBN: 9780471962304
- Year Published: 1996
- Pages: 352
- BISAC: BUS035000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/International / General
About the Book and Topic:
Merchant Princes of the East is an original and searching analysisof the economic success of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.Focusing on companies, associations, social relationships andmarkets, this book challenges cultural explanations of thatsuccess. It is suggested that values, institutions and actionsoften interpreted and presented as definitive components of Chinese?culture? are not peculiar or unique to Overseas Chinese, and mayalso be turned against material progress. The final chapter drawsupon the arguments developed earlier in the book to consider thesignificance of the links between China and the Overseas Chineseboth for China and for the Far East as a whole. Following on fromthe author?s two previous successful books published by Wiley, TheWest Pacific Rim and The Creations of Wealth in China, MerchantPrinces of the East covers a wide range of issues of interest tostudents and graduates of economics, geography, anthropology,social psychology and ethnic and cultural studies, as well as tothose with a specialist interest in the Far East.
Uses original field work conducted in the Philippines, Hong Kongand China. * Challenges the scientific methodology and suggests alternativeperspectives of how to analyze the success and failure of ethnicand cultural groups.
About the Author
Rupert Hodder is the author of Merchant Princes of the East: Cultural Delusions, Economic Success and the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, published by Wiley.