aesthetics americas amitabh bachchan asian american bamboo bengal bengali language bihar blackbirding boer breton people british empire british guiana burlingame treaty cacao california callao canadian pacific railway charlie chan chinatown chinese peruvian colonialism congolese cotton cuba cuban revolution culture de facto donnie yen dutch language east india emigration fiji grenada guadeloupe guangdong guano gujarat guyana hindi hindoestanen history of chinese immigration to canada hong kong hung hei-gun illustration immigration immigration to the united states indentured servant india indian ocean indochina indonesian language jamaica japanese people kenya khal torabully kolkata kung fu hustle laundry lei tai levee lima list of ethnic slurs literature los angeles times macau malagasy malaysia malcolm de chazal manchu manpower marsh martinique mauritius mining muharram navvy neologism oceania orissa otherness overseas chinese pacific islands peru pinyin poet porter poverty productivity qing dynasty racism sacramento-san joaquin river delta second boer war sexual abuse shanghai shantou shaolin kung fu shaolin monastery silver slavery south africa sri lanka stephen chow stereotype sugarcane tahiti tamil language term of disparagement thai language transvaal trinidad trinidad and tobago union of south africa waheeda rehman war of the pacific xing yu zamindar zhenjiang