A Comprehensive, Annotated
Bibliography on Peranakan Studies
Copyright © 2000, by Hugh M. Lewis
February 19, 2000
(This bibliography may be printed and used for research and classroom purposes only)
Ackerman, S E & Raymond M Lee
1981 "Communication and Cognitive Pluralism in a Spirit Possession Event in Malaysia"
American Ethnologist
Outlines spirit possession events in northern Malaysia, specifically instances of mass hysteria involving Malay factory women, comparing these to ritually ordered trance, and discusses how these events are managed, manipulated, and mediated through ethnic stereotypes and interethnic expectations in ongoing communication
1988 Heaven in Transition: Non-Muslim Religious Identity and Ethnic Identity in Malaysia
Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press
A brief descriptive study dealing with contemporary religious movements in modern Malaysia, and the relation of ethnicity in participants involvement with these social phenomena
Balibain, John
1932 Hail, Penang! ?
An old work by a British administrator. It contains an interesting description of Chinese courtship and marriage customs, and is interesting from the standpoint of the colonial history of Penang
Bastin, John; & R Roolvink, editors
1964 Malayan and Indonesian Studies: Essays Presented to Sir Richard Winstedt on his Eighty-Fifth Birthday
Oxford: Clarendon Press
Blumberg, Paul, editor
1972 The Impact of Social Class
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co.
Bonacich, Edna
1980 "Middleman Minorities and Advanced Capitalism"
Ethnic Groups Vol. 2: 211-219
Braddel, T
1850a "Notices of Penang"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago
1851b "Notices of Penang"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago
1852c "Notices of Penang"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago
1857d "Notices of Penang"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago
1855e "Notes on the Chinese of the Straits"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago.
1856f "Notes on Malacca"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago, n.s. 1
Brown, D E
1976a Principles of Social Structure: Southeast Asia
Westview Press, Inc.
An insightful and well written social anthropological study of a theory of corporate social organization based upon alternative "principles" such as ethnicity, kinship, occupation, etc., using case studies drawn from Southeast Asia
1964b Southeast Asia: Its Historical Development
New York, N.Y.: McGraw Hill Book Co.
Clammer, John
1979a The Ambiguity of Identity: Ethnicity Maintenance and Change Among the Straits Chinese Community of Malaysia and Singapore
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Occasional Paper, #54 Singapore: University of Singapore Press
1980b Straits Chinese Society
Singapore: Singapore Univ. Press
A key reference text treating the sociology of the Straits Chinese, based in part upon statistical studies done in Malacca, contesting some of the common "folk-stories" of matrilocality and intermarriage among the Babas and Malays. Contains an excellent, exhaustive bibliographic review of literature relating to the Peranakans, a study of Peranakan Literature, as well as a reprint of the 1914 article by Rev. Shellebear on the Baba Malay dialect
1983 "Studies in Chinese Folk Religion in Singapore and Malaysia"
Contributions to Southeast Asian Ethnography, Editor, No. 2, August. Singapore: National University of Singapore
Coedes, George
1968 The Indianized States of Southeast Asia
Honolulu, Hawaii: East-West Center Press
Coppel, Charles A
1983 Indonesian Chinese in Crisis
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: Oxford Univ. Press
Coughlin, Richard J
1960 Double Identity: The Chinese in Modern Thailand
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Univ. Press
Cowan, C D, & O W Wolters, editors
1976 Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D.G.E. Hall
Cornell, New York: Cornell Univ. Press
An important collection of studies treating a wide range of subjects in Southeast Asian studies
Chia, Felix
1980 The Babas
Singapore: Times Books International
A well written descriptive study of Baba culture which has an excellent chapter on Baba Malay, on wedding customs, on the game "Cherki" as well as illustrations of Nonya-ware and Nonya furniture.
1983 Ala Sayang!: A Social History of the Babas & Nyonyas
Singapore: Eastern Universities Press Sdn. Bhd.
Cultural aspects and customs, language and social patterns of the Baba and Nyonyas
1994 The Babas Revisited
Singapore: Heinemann Asia
A revised edition of his earlier work The Babas, focusing mainly upon the Sinaporean Babas
Chin, John M
1981a The Sarawak Chinese
London: Oxford Univ. Press
1988b The Nonya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Kementerian
Chew, Daniel
1990 Chinese Pioneers on the Sarawak Frontier: 1841-1941
Singapore: Oxford Univ. Press
Chew, Ernest C T, and Edwin Lee
1991 A History of Singapore
Singapore: Oxford Univ. Press
Crissman, Lawrence W
1967 "The Segmentary Structure of Urban Overseas Chinese Communities."
Man: Vol. 2 (New Series) 185-204
Dawson, T R P
1969 Tan Siew San: The Man from Malacca
Singpapore: Donald Moore Press, Ltd.
de Moubray, G A de C
1931 Matriarchy in the Malay Peninsula and Neighbouring Countries
London: Routledge & Sons, Ltd.
Ding Choo Ming
1978 "An Introduction to the Indonesian Peranakan Literature in the Library of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia"
Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 51
Edmonds, Juliet
1968 "Religion, Intermarriage and Assimilation: The Chinese in Malaya"
Race, Vol. X, I: 57-67
Discusses the role of intermarriage in interethnic assimilation among the Peranakans of Malaysia, the changing role of Islam in imposing an obstacle on this process, and the changing socio-political factors in colonial and post-colonial societies that have had an effect upon this assimilation
Edwards, Norman
1990 The Singapore House and Residential Life: 1819-1939 Singapore: Oxford University Press
A very interesting and valuable study of the architectural styles and history of Singapore
Elliott, Allan J A
1955 Chinese Spirit-Medium Cults in Singapore
Monographs on Social Anthropology, No. 14, London: The London School of Economic and Political Science
Emerson, Donald K
1986 "Southeast Asia": What's in a Name?"
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Vol. 19: 1-21
Discusses the etymology and political implications of the topographical and areal designation of "Southeast Asia"
Endicott, Kirk Michael
1970 An Analysis of Malay Magic
Oxford: Clarendon Press
Eng-Lee Seok Chee
1989 Festive Expression: Nonya Beadwork and Embroidery
Singapore: National Museum
Felix, Alfonso Jr., editor
1969 The Chinese in the Philippines, 1570-1770, Vol. I,
Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House
1969 The Chinese in the Philippines, 1770-1898, Vol. 2,
Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House
Fitzgerald, C P
1965 The Third China
Univ. of British Columbia
Fortier, David H
1957 "The Chinese in North Borneo"
Colloquium on Overseas Chinese, edited by Morton H. Fried, New York, N.Y.: International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations
Freedman, Maurice
1958a Lineage Organization in Southeastern China
Athlone Press
1959b "The Handling of Money: a Note on the Background to the Economic Sophistication of Overseas Chinese"
Man: 56-7
1962c "Chinese Kinship and Marriage in Singapore"
Journal of Southeast Asian History, Vol. 3, no. 2
Deals with the social anthropology of the Babas and overseas Chinese in Singapore, their kinship structure, religious practices, language, marriage practices, and the institution of matrilocality
1966d Chinese Lineage and Society: Fukien and Kwangtung
The University of London: The Anthlone Press
Freedman, Maurice & Marjorie Topley
1961 "Religion and Social Realignment among the Chinese in Singapore"
Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 21: 3-23
Discusses the history of different Chinese religious movements in Singapore
Freedman, Maurice & William E. Willmott
1961 "South-East Asia: With Special Reference to the Chinese" International Social Science Journal Vol. 13: 245-270
Fried, Morton H
1958 Colloquium on Overseas Chinese
New York, N.Y.: International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations
An early collection of articles about the Overseas Chinese in Borneo, Indonesia, the Carribean, Peru, Burma, the United States
Gosling, L A P
1964 "Migration and Assimilation of Rural Chinese"
Malayan and Indonesian Studies, edited by John Bastin and R. Roolvink, Oxford: Clarendon Press
A frequently cited reference that deals with the assimilation and settlement patterns of the rural peranakan Chinese in the pioneering and subsequent social history of the state of Trengganu in Malaysia
1983 "Changing Chinese Identities in Southeast Asia"
The Chinese in Southeast Asia: Identity, Culture & Politics edited by L. A. Peter Gosling & Linda Y. C. Lim, Singapore: Maruzen Asia, Pte. Ltd.
Gosling, L A P & Linda Y C Lim, editors
1983 The Chinese in Southeast Asia: Ethnicity and Economic Activity
Vol. I, Singapore: Maruzen Press, Pte. Ltd.
An important collection of studies about the Overseas Chinese in many different nations of Southeast Asia, focusing upon important theoretical points of their ethnicity, social patterning, and economic orientation.
1983 The Chinese in Southeast Asia: Identity, Culture and Politics
Vol. II, Singapore: Maruzen Press, Pte. Ltd.
Gwee, William Thian Hock
1993 Mas Sepuloh: Baba Conversational Gems
Singapore: Armour Publishing, Pte. Ltd.
An excellent reference for Baba terms and idiomatic expressions
Hall, Kenneth & John K Whitmore
1976 Explorations in Early Southeast Asian History: The Origins of Southeast Asian Statecraft
Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia, No. 11, Univ. of Michigan Press
Hamilton, Gary
1978 "Pariah Capitalism: A Paradox of Power and Dependence" Ethnic Groups, Vol. 2:1-15
Treats the political perspective in the creation and exploitation of middlemen minority groups like the Jews of Europe and the Chinese of Southeast Asia.
Harrison, Tom & Stanley J O 'Connor
1970 Gold and Megalithic Activity in Prehistoric and Recent West Borneo,
Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell Univ. Southeast Asia Program
Ho, Ruth
1975 Rainbow Round My Shoulder
Singapore: Eastern Universities Press
A fast reading narrative of the author's past as a Nonya, with a valuable description of a peranakan wedding
Ho, Wing Meng
1976 Straits Chinese Silver
Singapore: University Education Press
An authoritative and exhaustive guide to Straits Chinese silver, showing its range of types and styles, and distinguishing it from Malay silver. Has an interesting description of Baba culture as well. The other books on Straits Chinese porcelain, beadwork and embroidery are colorful, beautiful and interesting guides to Straits Chinese material culture
The four books below are excellent and colorful authoritative references to Nonya material culture.
1983 Straits Chinese Porcelain: A Collector's Guide
Singapore: Times Books International
1984 Straits Chinese Silver: A Collector's Guide
Singapore: Times Books International
1987 Straits Chinese Beadwork & Embroidery: A Collector's Guide
Singapore: Times Books International
1994 Straits Chinese Furniture: A Collector's Guide
Singapore: Times Books International
Holloman, Regina & Serghei A Arutiunov, editors
1978 Perspectives on Ethnicity
Mouton Publishers
Hutterer, Karl L, editor
1977 Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia:
Perspectives from Prehistory, History and Ethnography
Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, Michigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia, No.13: University of Michigan Press.
An indispensable collection of studies about the prehistory and development of traditional Southeast Asian civilization as an "interregional system"
Hutton, Wendy
1995 The Food of Malaysia: Authentic Recipes from the Crossroads of
Asia
Singapore: Periplus, Pte, Ltd.
Jiang, Joseph P L
1966 "The Chinese in Thailand"
Journal of Southeast Asian History
Vol. 7, no. 1, March
Johns, A H
1976 "Islam in Southeast Asia: Problems of Perspective"
Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall edited by C. D. Cowan and O. W. Wolters. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell Univ. Press
Karim, Wazir Jahan
1990 Emotions of Culture: A Malay Perspective
Singapore: Oxford Univ. Press
Kennedy, Jean
1977 "From Stage to Development in Prehistoric Thailand: An Exploration of the Origins of Growth, Exchange and Variability in Southeast Asia"
Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia, edited by Karl Hutterer, Michigan: Univ. Michigan Press
King, Sam
1992 Tiger Balm King: The Life and Times of Aw Boon Haw
Singapore: Times Books International
Khoo Kay Kim
1991 Malay Society: Transformaton & Democratization
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Pelanduk Pub. Sdn. Berd
Khoo Su Nin, editor
1989-91 Pulau Pinang: A guide to the local way of life & culture of Penang
A very rich and informative periodical published in Georgetown and devoted largely to the Nonya heritage there
Kobayashi Shinzaku
1931 Shin Minzoku no Kaigai Hatten Kakyo no Kenkyo
Tokyo
Kroeber, A L
1957 Style and Civilization
New York: Cornell Univ. Press
Kuchler, Johannes
1965 "Penang's Chinese Population: A Preliminary Account of its Origin and Social Geographic Pattern"
Asian Studies, Vol. 3, no. 3
Lee, Poh Sing
1978 Chinese Society in 19th Century Singapore
Melbourne: Oxford Univ. Press
Leonard, Jane Kate
1984 Wei Yuan and China's Rediscovery of the Maritime World
Harvard East Asian Monographs III: Council of East Asian Studies, Harvard Univ.
Lim, Betty
1994 A Rose On My Pillow: Recollections of a Nonya
Singapore: Armour Publishing Pte Ltd
Autobiographical account spanning the pre and post war era in Singapore, Malacca and Penang
Lim, Sonny
1982 Baba Malay: The Language of the Straits Born Chinese
Master's Thesis, Australia: Monash University
An excellent descriptive analysis of Baba and Pasar Malay
Lind, Andrew W
1974 Nanyang Perspective: Chinese Students in Multi-Racial Singapore
Honolulu, Hawaii: University Press of Hawaii
Mackie, J A C editor
1976 The Chinese in Indonesia
Singapore: Heineman
McCloud, Donald G
1986 System and Process in Southeast Asia: The Evolution of a Region.
Westview Press
McVey, Ruth, editor
1963 Indonesia
Southeast Asian Studies: Yale Univ. Press
Milner, G B, editor
1978 Natural Symbols in South East Asia
London: School of Oriental and African Studies
An interesting study of the role of symbolisms of nature in Southeast Asian culture
Minchin, G
1870 Notes and Queries on China and Japan,
n. s. 4, no. 6 Hong Kong
Moench, Richard
1961 "A Preliminary Report on Chinese Social and Economic Organization in the Society Islands"
Paper presented at the Tenth Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association: University of Hawaii
Nagata, Judith
1974 "'What is a Malay?' Situational Selection of Ethnic Identity in a Plural Society"
American Ethnologist Vol. 1, no. 2:331-350
1979 Malaysian Mosiac: Perspectives from a Poly-ethnic Society
Canada: Univ. of British Columbia Press
Newell, William H
1962 Treacherous River
Kuala Lumpur: Univ. of Malaya Press
Ng Siew Hua, Cecilia
1983 "The Sam Poh Neo Neo Keramat: A Study of a Baba Chinese Temple"
Contributions to Southeast Asian Ethnography, edited by John R. Clammer, Singapore: National Univ. of Singapore
A valuable ethnographic and ethnological study of a Baba Temple in Singapore, supporting the contention that the Baba's are to be defined as an "ethnic group" rather than as a culture.
Omohundro, John T
1977 "Trading Patterns of Philippine Chinese: Strategies of Sojourning Middlemen"
in Economic Exchange and Social Interaction in Southeast Asia, edited by Karl Hutterer, The Univ. of Michigan Press
1981 Chinese Merchant Families in Iloilo
The Ohio Univ. Press
Oon, Violet
1978 Peranakan Cooking
Singapore: Times Publications
Pakir, Anne Geok-In Sim
1987a A Linguistic Investigation of Baba Malay
PhD. Dissertation, Ann Arbor, Mi.: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: The Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(1), June
1988b "The Baba Malay Lexicon: Hokkien Loanwords in Baba Malay"
Applied Linguistics Association of Australia: Occassional Papers, 10: 3-30
1989c "Linguistic Alternants and Code Selection in Baba Malay"
World Englishes, Vol. 8, no. 3, Winter : pages 379-388
1991d "The Range and Depth of English-knowing Bilinguals in Singapore"
World Englishes Vol. 10, no. 2: 167-179
Png Poh-Seng
1969 "The Straits Chinese in Singapore: A Case of Local Identity and Socio-Cultural Accommodation"
Journal of Southeast Asian History, Vol. 10, no. 1
A much cited reference which deals with the basic aspects of Baba Chinese culture in Singapore
Purcell, Victor
1947 "Chinese Settlement in Malacca"
Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. XX, part 1 : 115-125
1948 The Chinese in Malaya
London: Oxford Univ. Press
An important source talking about Chinese religion in Malaysia, and its history, with an appendix treating Baba Malay
1956 The Chinese in Modern Malaya
Singapore: Donald More
1965 The Chinese in Southeast Asia
2nd Edition, London: Oxford Univ. Press
A comprehensive work to be considered a textbook about the Overseas Chinese, their history, demography, and social patterning and predicament in different Southeast Asian countries
Rabushka, Alvin
1973 Race and Politics in Urban Malaya
Hoover Institution Press
An important empirical study of urban Malays and Chinese in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia, treating their interethnic attitudes and supporting a "transactional hypothesis"
Raybeck, Douglas
1980 "Ethnicity and Accommodation: Malay-Chinese Relations in Kelantan, Malaysia"
Ethnic Groups Vol. 2: 241-268
1983 "Chinese Patterns of Adaptation in Southeast Asia"
The Chinese in Southeast Asia: Identity, Culture & Politics Vol. 2, edited by L. A. Peter Gosling & Linda Y. C. Lim, Singapore: Maruzen Asia, Pte. Ltd.
Roff, William R, editor
1974 Kelantan: Religion, Society and Politics in a Malay State
Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press
Roth, H Ling
1966 Oriental Silverwork: Malay and Chinese; A Handbook for Connoisseurs, Collectors, Students and Silversmiths
Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press
A reprint of an early work done in the twenties which shows clear photos of Chinese and Malay silver work. An interesting introductory chapter describes the traditional techniques and tools of such silver-work
Seah Eu Chin
1848 "The Chinese in Singapore"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago
Shellabear, W G
1913 "Baba Malay: An Introduction to the Language of the Straits Born Chinese"
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Straits Branch no. 65
Siaw, Lawrence
1981 "The Legacy of Chinese Social Structure"
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. XII, No. 2, Sept
1983 Chinese Society in Rural Malaysia: A Local History of the Chinese in Titi Jelubu
Singapore: Oxford Univ. Press
Simoniya, N A
1961 Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia--A Russian Study
Cornell University
An important Marxist study of the political economy of the Nanyang Chinese, their social structure and political history
Siow, Moli
1983 "The Problems of Ethnic Cohesion among the Chinese in Peninsular Malaysia: Intraethnic Divisions and Interethnic Accommodation"
The Chinese in Southeast Asia: Identity, Culture & Politics Vol. 2, edited by L. A. Peter Gosling & Linda Y. C. Lim, Singapore: Maruzen Asia, Pte. Ltd.
Skeat, Walter William
1984 Malay Magic: Being An Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of the Malay Peninsula
Singapore: Oxford Univ. Press
Skinner, G William
1957a "The Chinese of Java"
Colloquium on Overseas Chinese edited by Morton H. Fried, New York, N Y: International Secretariat, Institute of Pacific Relations. pg. 1-10.
1963b "The Chinese Minority"
Indonesia, edited by Ruth McVey. New Haven: HRAF Press
Contains a key theoretical statement about the "peranakan social continuum" in Java. Also see Skinner for comparative work on differential assimilation between Chinese in Thailand and Java
Somers, Mary F
1965 Peranakan Chinese Politics in Indonesia
Ph. D. Dissertation, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Indonesia Project
An early work that deals with the formation of a peranakan political movement, called "Baperki" in modern Indonesia
Somers-Heidhues, Mary F
1974 Southeast Asia's Chinese Minorities
Longman Press
A valuable overview of the Oversea's Chinese, with discussion of the Baba and Peranakan communities in both Malaysia and Indonesia
Song Ong Siang
1967 One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore Singapore: University of Malaya Press
Written by a Straits-Chinese, it contains many detailed tidbits about Singapore's past, with referenct to the Babas. Contains reprints of early articles by the Straits Chinese Magazine
Sopie, Mohd. Noordin
1973 "The Penang Secession Movement, 1948-51"
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 4
Southeast Asia Ceramic Society
1981 Nyonya Ware & Kitchen Ch'ing
Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press
Steadman, John
1969 The Myth of Asia
New York: Simon and Schuster
Steinberg, David Joel
1987 In Search of Southeast Asia
Honolulu, Hawaii: Univ. of Hawaii Press
Strauch, Judith
1980 The Chinese Exodus from Vietnam: Implications for the Southeast Asian Chinese
Boston, Harvard Univ. Press
Judith Strauch has made important theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of the Overseas Chinese, to their structural ambiguity and discrimination by Southeast Asian host societies. All her work is highly recommended.
1981 "Multiple Ethnicities in Malaysia: The Shifting Relevance of Alternative Chinese Categories"
Modern Asian Studies Vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 235-60
1981 Chinese Village Politics in the Malaysian State
Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press
Suryadinata, Leo
1981 Peranakan Chinese Politics in Java, 1917-1942
Singapore: Singapore Univ. Press
Tan, Chee-Beng
1979a "Baba Chinese, Non-Baba Chinese and Malays: A Note on Ethnic Interaction in Malacca"
Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science, Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2: 19-28
1980b "Baba Malay Dialect"
Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 53, Part 1: 150-166.
1982 "Peranakan Chinese in Northeast Kelantan"
Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 55, part 1.
A study of the rural Chinese in Northeastern Malaysia, comparable with a similar study by Robert Winzeler. A discussion of the building style, the language differences, and the social patterns of the rural Chinese compared to the Malays and the "town Chinese"
1983 "Acculturation and the Chinese in Melaka: The Expression of Baba Identity"
The Chinese in Southeast Asia: Identity, Culture & Politics, Vol. 2 edited by L. A. Peter Gosling & Linda Y. C. Lim Singapore: Maruzen Asia Pte. Ltd.
1993 Chinese Peranakan Heritage: In Malaysia and Singapore
Kuala Lumpur: Penerbit Fajar Bakti Sdn. Bhd.
A short ethnological style work that highlights the some of the intraethnic differences between the Straits settlements, especially of the Babas of Penang
Tan, Giok-Lan
1963 The Chinese of Sukabumi: A Study in Social and Cultural Accommodation
Ithaca, New York: Cornell Univ. Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asia Studies
One of the first comprehensive ethnographic studies of Peranakan Chinese, based in the town of Sukabumi, on Java. It is a very accurate, detailed and reliable study, with substantial appendics of Peranakan kin terms and loan words
Tan, Rosie Kim Neo
1958 The Straits Chinese in Singapore
Unpublished Dip. Soc. Studs. Dissertation, University of Singapore
An ethnographic study of the Sinapore Babas, with an important definition of baba identity
Tan, Terry
1981 Terry Tan's Straits Chinee Cookbook
Singapore: Times Books International
Tham Seong Chee
1977 Malays and Modernization
Singapore: Singapore University Press
Turnbull, C M
1972 The Straits Settlements: 1826-67: Indian Presidency to Crown Colony
University of London: The Athlone Press
Vaughn, J D
1854 "Notes on the Chinese of Penang"
Journal of the Indian Archipelago
1879 Manners and Customs of the Chinese of the Straits Settlements
1971 reprint, London: Oxford Univ. Press
A widely available, highly readable early account of the Babas and Overseas Chinese in Penang and Singapore. Interesting from the standpoint of colonial attitudes and views of the Chinese, as well as nice descriptions of Chinese secret societies, wedding customs, games, etc.
Wallerstein, Immanuel
1979 The Capitalist World Economy
Cambride: Cambridge University Press
Wallace, Anthony F C
1970 Culture and Personality
New York, N. Y.: Random House
Wang Tai Peng
1994 The Origins of the Chinese Kongsi
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Pelanduk Publications Sdn. Bhd.
Wheatley, Paul
1966 The Golden Khersonese: Studies in the Historical Geography of the Malay Peninsula Before A.D. 1500:
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: University of Malaya Press
An important study of the early documents of the colonization and exploration of the Malay Peninsula
Williams, Lea E
1964 "Chinese Leadership in Early British Singapore"
Asian Studies, Vol. 2, no. 2
1966 The Future of the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia
New York: McGraw Hill
Winzler, Robert L
1970 Malay Religion, Society and Politics in Kelantan
PhD. Dissertation, Chicago, Illinois
1983 "The Ethnic Status of the Rural Chinese of the Kelantan"
The Chinese in Southeast Asia: Identity, Culture & Politics Vol. 2, edited by L. A. Peter Gosling & Linda Y. C. Lim. Singapore: Maruzen Asia, Pte. Ltd.
1985 Ethnic Relations in Kelantan: A Study of the Chinese and Thai as Minorities
Singapore: Oxford Univ. Press
Whitmore, J K
1977 "The Opening of Southeast Asia: Trading Patterns through the Centuries"
Economic Exchange and Interaction in Southeast Asia edited by Karl Hutterer. Michigan: The Univ. Michigan Press
Wickberg, Edgar
1964 "The Chinese Mestizo in Philippine History"
Journal of Southeast Asian History Vol. 5, no. 1, March
1965 The Chinese in Philippine Life: 1850-1898
Yale Univ. Press
Willetts, William
1964 "The Maritime Adventures of Grand Eunoch Ho"
Journal of Southeast Asian History Vol. 5, no. 2, Sept.
Willetts, William & Lim Suan Poh
1981 Nonya Ware and Kitchen Ch'ing
The Southeast Asian Ceramic Society West Malaysia Chapter
Oxford University Press
Willmott, W E
1960 The Chinese of Semarang: A Changing Minority Community in Indonesia
Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell Univ. Press
1966 "The Chinese of Cambodia"
Journal of Southeast Asian History, Vol. 7, no. 1, March
Willmott, W E, editor
1972 Economic Organization in Chinese Society
Stanford: Stanford Univ. Press
Win, Shein
? "The Chinese Community of Burma: Problems in Relations between Different Ethnic Groups"
Winstedt, Richard
1961 The Malay Magician: Being Shaman, Saiva and Sufi London: Routledge & Paul Kegan
Wolters, O W
1982 History, Culture and Religion in Southeast Asian Perspectives
?: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
An important theoretical contribution to the history of Southeast Asia
Wood, William, editor
1977 Cultural-Ecological Perspectives on Southeast Asia
Athens, Ohio: Papers in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series No. 41
Wu Yuan-li & Wu Chun-hsi
1980 Economic Development in Southeast Asia: The Chinese Dimension
Hoover Institution Press
Yeap Joo Kim
1993 The Patriarch
Singapore: Lee Teng Lay Pte. Ltd.
Yeh Hua Fen
1936 Historical Guide to Malacca
Singapore
A nice discussion of the early Chinese history of Malacca.
Yen Ching-Hwang
1976 The Overseas Chinese and the 1911 Revolution: With Special Reference to Singapore and Malaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Oxford Univ. Press
1981 Ch'ing Changing Images of the Overseas Chinese (1644 -1912)
Modern Asian Studies Vol. 15, No. 2:261-285
1986 A Social History of the Chinese in Singapore and Malaya: 1800-1911
London: Oxford Univ. Press
A valuable discussion of Overseas Chinese social structure and its history, treating class, the Kong Si system, religious organization, etc.
Yong, Paul
1994 A Dream of Freedom: The Early Sarawak Chinese
Petalying Jaya: Pelanduk Publications Sdn. Bhd.
Yousof, Ghulam-Sarwar
1982 "Nora Chatri in Kedah: A Preliminary Report"
Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 55, Part 1:52-61
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