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This book tells the story of more than one hundred Chinese individuals who helped shape Medan and the East Coast of Sumatra between 1880 and 1960. Drawn from archival sources, historical publications, and interviews, it traces the lives of merchants, educators, journalists, community leaders, philanthropists, artists, and independence fighters whose contributions left a lasting mark on the region. More than a biographical collection, this book is a social history of migration, identity, and belonging in one of Southeast Asia’s most important urban centres.
“The biographies presented in this volume are not only an important research and database tool for those with an interest in the Chinese in Indonesia, and particularly Sumatra at that time, but they also present a fascinating introduction to the social history of Chinese communities in the region during the 19th and 20th Centuries. ” David S G Goodman, The University of Sydney.
ISBN: 78-1-7646955-0-3
258 pages, soft cover
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