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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.
About the author
Marleen Dieleman, Ph.D. (2007) from Leiden University, is a visiting fellow at NUS Business School. She published extensively on Asian family business, including
The Rhythm of Strategy: A Corporate Biography of the Salim Group of Indonesia (Amsterdam University Press, 2007).
Juliette Koning, Ph.D. (1997) in Social Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, is a senior lecturer at the VU University Amsterdam. She has published extensively on religion, ethnicity and entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia, Indonesia in particular, including a special issue on 'the business of identity' with Can Seng Ooi for
East Asia: An International Quarterly (2007).
Peter Post, PhD (1991) in Social Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, is a senior-researcher at the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation. He is the general editor of
The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War (Brill, 2010)
