Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Studies on Southeast Asia)

Type

Book

Authors

Mary Somers Heidhues

ISBN 10

0877277338

ISBN 13

9780877277330

Tags

China, Minority Studies, Asia

Description

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. - from Amzon

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