Chinese Indonesians and regime change / edited by Marleen Dieleman, Juliette Koning, and Peter Post
- Published
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Dieleman, Marleen, Koning, Juliette, and Post, Peter, 1953-
Access Online
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Policy and dignity : Chineseness during and after the new order -- pt. 3. Justice and representation : the Chinese in the Netherlands East Indies -- pt. 4. Survival and creativity : Chinese business responses to regime change.
- Summary
- The existing literature on Chinese Indonesians has so far tended to take an approach of either victimization and marginalization or a focus on elite businessmen and their economic influence. This volume takes a different perspective. The Chinese in Indonesia were not only innocent victims of history, but were simultaneously active agents of change. Chinese Indonesians from different walks of life played an active role in shaping society during regime changes and found creative and constructive ways to deal with situations of adversity. This book demonstrates that regime changes in Indonesia did not only pose threats of violence, but also offered opportunities that induced "agency" on the part of Chinese Indonesians to shape their own destinies and that of the country.
- Subject(s)
- 1900-1999
- Chinese—Indonesia—History
- Chinese—Indonesia—Politics and government
- Regime change—Indonesia—History—20th century
- Chinois—Indonésie—Histoire
- Changement de régime politique—Indonésie—Histoire—20e siècle
- HISTORY
- Chinese
- Chinese—Politics and government
- Ethnic relations
- Politics and government
- Regime change
- Indonesia—Politics and government—20th century
- Indonesia—Ethnic relations
- Indonésie—Politique et gouvernement—20e siècle
- Indonesia
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9789004191228 (electronic bk.)
9004191224 (electronic bk.)
1283120178
9781283120173
9786613120175
6613120170
9789004191211
9004191216 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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