Dirk Aedsge Buiskool, Prominent Chinese During the Rise of a Colonial City: Medan 1890-1942. Dissertation, University of Utrecht, 2019, 376 pages, illus. ISBN: 978-94-6375-447-7
A welcome addition to the literature about the colonial period in East Sumatra (roughly equivalent to today’s Indonesian province of North Sumatra), this study’s emphasis on the Chinese society of Medan fills a gap in the history of its interethnic relations and the role of the Chinese leadership....
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Archipel
2020
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | A welcome addition to the literature about the colonial period in East Sumatra (roughly equivalent to today’s Indonesian province of North Sumatra), this study’s emphasis on the Chinese society of Medan fills a gap in the history of its interethnic relations and the role of the Chinese leadership. Its author, Dirk Aedsge Buiskool, a longtime resident of the city, has in previous publications illuminated the history of its plantation economy and of the city itself, and he brings a variety of ... |
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