| The Chinese Annals of Batavia, the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji and Other Stories (1610-1795) Approx. 316 Pp. Edition Contributor(s): Blussé (Author), Dening (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004355391 ISBN-13: 9789004355392 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $117.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - History | Middle East - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Series: European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.35 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Chinese Annals of Batavia, the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji and Other Stories (1610-1795) Leonard Bluss and Nie Dening open up a veritable treasure trove of Chinese archival sources about the autonomous history of Chinese Batavia. The main part of this study is devoted to the annotated translation of a unique historical study of the Chinese community of Batavia (Jakarta) written by an anonymous Chinese author at the end of the 18th century, the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji. This historical document and a selection of other Chinese contemporary sources throw new light on a tragic event in the history of Southeast Asia's overseas Chinese: the massacre of Batavia's Chinese community in 1740. |