Nicholas Mcgee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3978213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas Mcgee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgee |
| SIGNATURE | MCGEE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Durham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Networks vs. the State or “All Under Heaven”
In the Early Modern period, many Chinese people undertook temporary or permanent overseas migrations from the Qing empire (1644-1911) to labour and trade. These circulations were almost entirely organized by translocal kinship networks with little to no involvement from the imperial state itself. In fact, in its earlier years the Qing Dynasty actively sought to prevent or delimit the activities of these migratory networks. Not surprisingly then, …
Two Journeys into Diaspora
This paper compares the experiences and conclusions of two imperial investigations into diasporic Chinese communities of the Asia-Pacific in the 1880s. These were the official investigations undertaken by the specially appointed Qing Commissioners Wang Ronghe and Yu Qiong, and the unofficial mission carried out by the British translator, orientalist, and diplomat Edward Harper Parker. At a crucial moment in the history of Chinese immigration, the…
To Change in China
This article brings together sources from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to explore the rare and fraught cases of Americans and Europeans who attempted to become naturalized subjects in late-nineteenth-century Qing China. Decades before China established its first formal law on citizenship, foreigners, especially foreign military experts, were trying and occasionally succeeding in naturalizing as Chinese. I see naturaliz…
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To Change in China
This article brings together sources from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to explore the rare and fraught cases of Americans and Europeans who attempted to become naturalized subjects in late-nineteenth-century Qing China. Decades before China established its first formal law on citizenship, foreigners, especially foreign military experts, were trying and occasionally succeeding in naturalizing as Chinese. I see naturaliz…
Networks vs. the State or “All Under Heaven”
In the Early Modern period, many Chinese people undertook temporary or permanent overseas migrations from the Qing empire (1644-1911) to labour and trade. These circulations were almost entirely organized by translocal kinship networks with little to no involvement from the imperial state itself. In fact, in its earlier years the Qing Dynasty actively sought to prevent or delimit the activities of these migratory networks. Not surprisingly then, …
Two Journeys into Diaspora
This paper compares the experiences and conclusions of two imperial investigations into diasporic Chinese communities of the Asia-Pacific in the 1880s. These were the official investigations undertaken by the specially appointed Qing Commissioners Wang Ronghe and Yu Qiong, and the unofficial mission carried out by the British translator, orientalist, and diplomat Edward Harper Parker. At a crucial moment in the history of Chinese immigration, the…
Asian American and Pacific Histories (2 works) · China (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · White (mutation) (2 works) · Australian History and Society (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Cash crop (1 work) · China's Global Influence and Migration (1 work) · Circulation (fluid dynamics) (1 work)