The Kwee Family of Ciledug: Family, Status, and Modernity in Colonial Java

by Peter Post

This book is based upon a unique private collection of photographs and home movies of one Peranakan Chinese elite family, the Kwee family from Ciledug, owners of the sugar factory Djatipiring. It aims to bring the private lives of the modern Peranakan Chinese elite in colonial Java to the fore and asks to what extent ideas about progress, development and 'the modern' have affected their world-view and life-styles. This wonderful collection makes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 946022492X
• ISBN13: 9789460224928
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher