家书抵万金 : 新加坡侨批文化展
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
2012
Information About
"Remittance letters" or "yin xin" are family letters or notes that were sent by overseas Chinese to their home country, along with cash, for their families. This book traced the early lives of Chinese immigrants and shed light on the immigration and family history of the Chinese in Singapore as documented by these remittance letters.
Subjects
Emigrant remittances--China Chinese--Singapore--History Chinese letters--SingaporeCategories
LettersAdditional Details
- Title
- 家书抵万金 : 新加坡侨批文化展
- Creators
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- Lee, Meiyu
- 李梅瑜
- Subject
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- Emigrant remittances--China
- Chinese--Singapore--History
- Chinese letters--Singapore
- Publisher
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- National Library Board, 2012
- National Library Board Singapore, 2012
- Contributors
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- 泉州市档案馆
- Quanzhou Shi dang an guan
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, 23.55 MB, 86 p.
- Table of Contents
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- Lim Soo Gan -- ch. 1. A stranger in a foreign land -- ch. 2. Absence makes the heart grow fonder -- ch. 3. Beyond money and letters -- ch. 4 In times of celebration -- ch. 5. Sinking roots -- References -- Corrigendum -- Acknowledgements.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2012.