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Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

By: Mary Somers Heidhues

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Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

By: Mary Somers Heidhues

This study examines the changing role of the Chinese community of West Kalimantan, particularly its economic and social relationships. Heidhues explores the history of the community from the early nineteenth century establishment of the kongsis to the "Dayak Raids," which uprooted the rural Chinese population in the 1960s.

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317

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Cornell University Press

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1501719246

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9781501719240

Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia

Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia

By: David Ownby,Mary F. Somers Heidhues

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Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia

Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia

By: David Ownby,Mary F. Somers Heidhues

A discussion of the development of secret societies within China and among Chinese communities in colonial Southeast Asia in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

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401

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Routledge

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1315288036

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9781315288031

Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

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Art Et Architecture Au Canada

By: Loren Ruth Lerner,Mary F. Williamson

Identifies and summarizes thousands of books, article, exhibition catalogues, government publications, and theses published in many countries and in several languages from the early nineteenth century to 1981.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802058566

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9780802058560

The Chinese of South-East Asia

By: Ramses Amer,SUE RABBITT ROFF,MARY SOMERS HEIDHUES,MARTIN SMITH,JOHN TAYLOR

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The Chinese of South-East Asia

By: Ramses Amer,SUE RABBITT ROFF,MARY SOMERS HEIDHUES,MARTIN SMITH,JOHN TAYLOR

COEXISTENCE OR CONTROL? Many Chinese have worked and lived in the countries of South- East Asia for generations, and are part of the much larger diaspora of ethnic Chinese worldwide. They make their livings generally from business, farming, fishing: while a few enjoy high-profile wealth, the vast majority do not. THE CHINESE OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA shows just how varied are the experiences of the ethnic Chinese in the ten states of the region. Some coexist reasonably well with the majority population in their country; elsewhere, ethnic tensions have brought outbreaks of violence and discrimination against them. Some communities have limits placed on their access to Chinese language education; others have not. Some governments have encouraged ethnic Chinese participation in the economic arena while others have controlled or restricted their business activities. This report illustrates how much the future of South-East Asia’s ethnic Chinese is bound together - politically, economically and culturally - with the majority population and other minority ethnic groups within each country. Written by four experts on the region, this is an essential survey of the history and present circumstances of the ethnic Chinese as they strive to foster and enjoy stability, trust and growth. Please note that the terminology in the fields of minority rights and indigenous peoples’ rights has changed over time. MRG strives to reflect these changes as well as respect the right to self-identification on the part of minorities and indigenous peoples. At the same time, after over 50 years’ work, we know that our archive is of considerable interest to activists and researchers. Therefore, we make available as much of our back catalogue as possible, while being aware that the language used may not reflect current thinking on these issues.

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Minority Rights Group

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0946690995

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9780946690992

Peranakan Chinese Politics in Indonesia

By: Mary F. Somers

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Peranakan Chinese Politics in Indonesia

By: Mary F. Somers

This report is the latest of the studies of the Chinese minority in Indonesia to be published by the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. The Project has a long-term interest in this subject, and earlier studies which it has published include Giok-Lan Tan's The Chinese of Sukabumi and Donald E. Willmott's The National Status of the Chinese in Indonesia 1900-1958. In the present Interim Report Mary F. Somers undertakes to view the overseas Chinese question as part of the politics of Indonesia, concentrating on the persons of Chinese descent who are Indonesian citizens. She devotes particular attention to the peranakan Chinese organization, Baperkip and the role it has played, both in Indonesia's Chinese community and generally on the Indonesian political scene. She is also concerned with the reaction of the peranakan Chinese to the possibility of cultural assimilation into Indonesian society and the willingness of the Indonesians to accept them. After gaining her B.A. in History and Chinese Language at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., Miss Somers entered Cornell University in 1958 as a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government and Southeast Asia Program. Following an initial period of research at Cornell and an intensive study of the Chinese (Mandarin) and Indonesian languages, she carried out research in Indonesia from December 1961 to May 1963 under a Foreign Area Training Fellowship. While there she interviewed prominent Chinese widely - both in Java and in Sumatra (Palembang, Medan, Padang), in Sulawesi (Makassar) and in Kalimantan (Bandjarmasin, Pontianak, Singkawang). Miss Somers wishes to emphasize that the conclusions she has reached in the report are tentative; and she hopes to develop them further in a forthcoming publication. She would, therefore, welcome any comments on or criticisms of her study. - George McT. Kahin, March 16, 1964

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Equinox Pub

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6028397350

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Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia

Secret Societies Reconsidered: Perspectives on the Social History of Early Modern South China and Southeast Asia

Art Et Architecture Au Canada

Art Et Architecture Au Canada

The Chinese of South-East Asia

The Chinese of South-East Asia

Peranakan Chinese Politics in Indonesia

Peranakan Chinese Politics in Indonesia

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