Written by specialists on the Chinese in Latin America and the Caribbean, this book tells the story of Asian migration to the Americas and contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the Chinese in this important part of the world.
Tan Chee-Beng is Professor of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the Editor of the Journal of Chinese Overseas, and the author of Chinese Overseas: Comparative Cultural Issues. Walton Look Lai is a former Lecturer in History at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad & Tobago. He has published 4 books on Asian migrations to the Caribbean, including Indentured Labor, Caribbean Sugar: Chinese and Indian Migrants to the British West Indies 1838-1918.