Merchant Princes of the East: Cultural Delusions, Economic Success and the Ov…

Merchant Princes of the East: Cultural Delusions, Economic Success and the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia (by Rupert Hodder) challenges the belief that the economic success of the Overseas Chinese is rooted in a unique, innate "Chineseness" or traditional Confucian values. It argues these traits are universal strategies that anyone can adopt.