Chinese Life in Colonial Indonesia (Part 2) : The Kong Koan Archives 1920-1964

Monique Erkelens Tom Hoogervorst

ISBN 10: 9004713050 / ISBN 13: 9789004713055

Published by Brill Jan 2025, 2025

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Neuware - During the colonial and early independence periods, the Chinese community in Batavia/Jakarta was governed by the semi-autonomous Kong Koan (Chinese Council). Its members, known as Chinese officers, regularly convened to discuss civil registration, taxation, religion, finances, health, education, safety, legal matters, and other community concerns. This volume presents the Council's annotated Malay minutes: unique archival material that provides insights into the daily life of Indonesia's vibrant Chinese-descended community. While much existing scholarship relies on Dutch sources, this volume offers a perspective from within.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chinese Life in Colonial Indonesia (Part 2) : The Kong Koan Archives 1920-1964
• Publisher: Brill Jan 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: Dutch
• ISBN 10: 9004713050
• ISBN 13: 9789004713055
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 162H x 55D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 162 millimeters height by 55 millimeters depth
• Weight: 2073 grams

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Synopsis

During the colonial and early independence periods, the Chinese community in Batavia/Jakarta was governed by the semi-autonomous Kong Koan (Chinese Council). Its members, known as Chinese officers, regularly convened to discuss civil registration, taxation, religion, finances, health, education, safety, legal matters, and other community concerns.

This volume presents the Council's annotated Malay minutes: unique archival material that provides insights into the daily life of Indonesia’s vibrant Chinese-descended community. While much existing scholarship relies on Dutch sources, this volume offers a perspective from within.

About the Author

Tom Hoogervorst, Prof. (1984), Royal Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) and Universitas Negeri Malang, is a senior researcher. He has written several publications on language contact and Sino-Malay publications, including Language Ungoverned (Cornell, 2021).

Monique Erkelens, Ph.D. (1981) is an independent scholar based in Surabaya, Indonesia. She is trained as an early-modern historian focusing on China and Indonesia. She has worked for the Kong Koan Project since 2005 and completed her dissertation on its archival material in 2013.