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This study on Dejiao, a Chinese religious organization, traces its history and development, including the formation of the different groups, as well as its distribution throughout Malaysia and Singapore. (Inst. of Southeast Asian Studies)

This Palgrave Pivot examines why racialism is so persistent and the challenges it poses to the functioning of democracy and the attainment of national integration. It introduces an evolutionary psychology framework, which explains human innate potential to identify with and defend one's group, but argues that racial dislike and conflicts are provoked by racial ideologies and the politics of ethnicity. By comparing the politics of race in a number of countries, including Malaysia and the United States, this book argues that attachment to one's ethnic and religious identities does not hinder ethnic harmony. It is necessary to manage the issues of race and religion as well as promoting conviviality and cosmopolitanism for pursuing the ideal of common humanity and for maintaining a stable and meaningful democracy. This book concludes that democracy, as practiced, has some major weaknesses; as an ideal, it is still the best form of government to pursue

Temples and local communities -- Deities, speech groups, and temples -- Temple services, mediums, and temple promotion -- Localization and Chinese religion -- Pudu: the hungry ghosts festival -- Religious organizations and philanthropy -- Taoist religion in Malaysia

pt. 1. Population and distribution -- pt. 2. Mainland China and Taiwan's policies on the Chinese overseas -- pt. 3. Migration : past and present -- pt. 4. Economic and political involvement -- pt. 5. Localization, transnational networks and identity -- pt. 6. Education, literature, and media

Chinese ethnological field : anthropological studies of chinese communities worldwide -- Acculturation, ethnicity, and ethnic Chinese -- Chinese migration, localization and the production of Baba culture -- Chinese identities in Malaysia -- Ethnic Chinese : language, nationality and identity -- Ethnic Chinese and ethnic relations : some economic explanations -- Culture and economic performance with special reference to the Chinese in Southeast Asia

1 Mixing memory and desire: tracking the migrant cycles Wang Gungwu -- 2 Transnational networks as reflected in epigraphy: the case of Chinese Buddhist bells in southeast Asia Claudine Salmon -- 3 Collecting "grey literature" from Indonesia Myra Sidharta -- 4. Use of administrative data in research on recent Chinese immigrants to Canada Peter S. Li -- 5 Chinese "astronaut" families in New Zealand: evidence from census data Elsie Ho -- 6 Scattered and silent sources: researching the Chinese in South Africa Karen L. Harris -- 7 Transnational histories: a dual-sided approach to researching early twentieth-century Chinese migration to Cuba Kathleen Lōpez -- 8 Teaching and documentation of Chinese overseas studies Tan Chee-Beng & Ann S. Chiu -- 9 Preservation of and access to overseas Chinese research materials: the case of Chinese in the United States L. Ling-chi Wang -- 10 First decade of the Dr. Shao You-Bao Overseas Chinese Documentation and Research Center at Ohio State University (1993-2003) Hwa-Wei Lee & Liren Zheng -- 11 Documentation and resource sharing on Chinese genealogical resources: opportunities and challenges Sheau-yueh J. Chao -- 12 Research materials on Chinese overseas at the University of Hong Kong libraries Y.C. Wan -- 13. Overseas Chinese clippings database at Hong Kong Baptist University Library Irene Suk Mei Wong -- 14 Private archives of Zhao Shuxia Kathrin Ensinger -- 15 Migration in Hong Kong: a look into the past at the exhibition of the Chinese Overseas Collection at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Meliza Ng & Jade Lai King Wong -- 16 Displaying history: the challenges of creating a Chinese Overseas Exhibition Wei Chi Poon