Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: East Asia Maritime Route Immigration

Author: Zeng Shaocong
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Publish Date: 1998-11-01
Features: This book focuses on Chinese maritime migration as its research subject, with Taiwan and the Philippines as the scope of study. From the perspective of Chinese maritime socio-economic history, it compares the similarities and differences in the social, economic, and cultural development of maritime migrants in Taiwan and the Philippines during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It breaks the limitations of previous studies, which examined domestic maritime migration from a regional history perspective and foreign maritime migration from the lens of overseas Chinese history. Instead, it places maritime migration within the broader context of Chinese maritime socio-economic history for an integrated and comprehensive examination. The book consists of six chapters: Chapter 1 explains the environmental and cultural background of migration; Chapter 2 analyzes the historical process of migration; Chapter 3 discusses the economic activities of migrants; Chapter 4 examines the social structure of migrants; Chapter 5 explores cultural contact; and Chapter 6 elaborates on the development models and roles of Chinese maritime migration.
Maritime migration to Taiwan and the Philippines during the Ming and Qing dynasties was a specific manifestation of China's maritime socio-economic development. Migrants transplanted their ancestral production methods, lifestyles, social organizational principles, and cultural traditions to their new homelands, forming common characteristics in the socio-economic development of both immigrant societies. Their greatest feature was the spontaneous nature of the migration, pursuing peaceful coexistence and shared development rather than following the path of imperialism to establish colonies overseas. Due to differences in the economic, social, and cultural contexts of the host regions, the development paths of migrants in the two places diverged. This divergence highlights the uniqueness of Chinese maritime migration, perfectly illustrating the distinct forms of domestic and foreign development in maritime migration.