Makes a significant contribution to the subject of the Hokkien in Burma, a sorely neglected topic. -- Mary Somers Heidhues, author of Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia Mapping Chinese Rangoon deals with the important topic of how minority identities survive through adaptability and resilience in the face of helplessness. -- Wang Gungwu, author of Renewal: The Chinese State and the New Global History
Jayde Lin Roberts is an interdisciplinary scholar of the built environment and a tenure-track faculty member in Asian languages and studies at the University of Tasmania.
"[A] thoughtful and engaging contribution... With Mapping Chinese Rangoon, Roberts has shown readers a way to do scholarly work in Rangoon, one that offers insights about collective identity, ethnographic practice, and the fluid range of possibilities that exist between the past and present." (Journal of Asian Studies)
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