Mary F. Somers Heidhues

Founders and Heroes Or Merchants and Wife-givers?

Chinese Presence in Malay-Indonesian Narratives

This study examines the changing role of the Chinese community of West Kalimantan, particularly its economic and social relationships. Heidhues explores the history of the community from the early nineteenth century establishment of the kongsis to the "Dayak Raids," which uprooted the rural Chinese population in the 1960s.

Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the "Chinese Districts" of West Kalimantan, Indonesia

David Ownby

A discussion of the development of secret societies within China and among Chinese communities in colonial Southeast Asia in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

Mary F. Somers Heidhues

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