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Title China's second continent : how a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa / Howard W. French.
Publisher New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Copyright ©2014
Description xi, 285 pages : map ; 25 cm
Edition First edition.


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 WB-Adult Collection  325.251 FRE Nearby on shelf  3 0672 00269 7365 12-12-16  AVAILABLE
Note "This is a Borzoi book."
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-275) and index.
Contents Part One: Manifest destiny -- Mozambique -- Behold the future -- Friendly gestures -- Part Two: The devil and the deep blue sea -- Liberia: small fates -- Conakry: late to the banquet -- Freetown: instruments of magic -- Why Mali? -- Ghana: habits of democracy -- Part Three: Happy family -- Saints of the household -- Fat of the land.
Summary "A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West and Central Africa, Howard French is uniquely positioned to tell the story of China in Africa. Through meticulous on-the-ground reporting--conducted in Mandarin, French, and Portuguese, among other languages--French crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth as he engages not only with policy-shaping moguls and diplomats, but also with the ordinary men and women navigating the street-level realities of cooperation, prejudice, corruption, and opportunity forged by this seismic geopolitical development. With incisiveness and empathy, French reveals the human face of China's economic, political, and human presence across the African continent--and in doing so reveals what is at stake for everyone involved."-- www.Amazon.com.
Subject Chinese -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Immigrants -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Emigration and immigration.
China -- Emigration and immigration.
Other title How a million migrants are building a new empire in Africa.
ISBN 9780307956989
0307956989