Navigating Powers
The Chinese Diaspora of the Sulu Sultanate in American Travel Accounts (1899–1913)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21254264 |
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| Authors | Elgin Glenn R Salomon (0000-0001-5629-8465, University of the Philippines Visayas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 198-224 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | China and Asia: Journal in Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2589-465X • E-ISSN: 2589-4641 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/2589465x-06020004 |
| OpenAlex | W4407555932 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Using American travel accounts during the early years of American colonialism (1898–1913), this paper unpacks the everyday lives of the Chinese diaspora in Sulu (southern Philippines). Although they contributed to the cultural diversity in the Sultanate of Sulu, some Chinese traders and businessmen strategically navigated between the forces of the sultan and the American colonizers to maintain their trade interests. However, piracy against Chinese traders, particularly during the pirate Jikiri’s series of attacks in 1907–1909, was an offshoot of their connections and relations to the sultanate and the American colonial government
Ancient history · Colonialism · Diaspora · Economics · Economy · Political science · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Asian Culture and Media Studies · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture
Barangay
Chinese Prisoners in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines
Civilizational Imperatives
Dean Worcester’s Fantasy Islands
Pirates and pearls
The Chinese in Philippine Life, 1898-1898
Chinese Laborers on a Mining Frontier
Living Carriers in the East
Region and Microhistory
Making Moros
Introduction
Muslim Rulers and Rebels
| Highly cited | No |
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