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BitterSweet : the memoir of a Chinese Indonesian family in the twentieth century / Stuart Pearson.

By: Series: Southeast Asia series / Ohio University Press research in international studies ; no. 117Publication details: Singapore : NUS Press , c2008.Description: xxviii, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9789971694258 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.89510598 PEA
Contents:
Part A: The voice of an Utari Sudibjo (Tan Sian Nio). - The background to my birth. - Growing up (1912-24). - A local sugar crisis and its aftermath (1924-30). - Relocation and early career (1930-42). - World War II and Japanese occupation (1942-45). - Revolution (1945-49). - Independence and faltering nationhood (1949-59). - Political instability and personal consequences (1959-67). - A new life in Australia (post 1967). - Final statement. -- Part B: The voices of others. - The voice of Gerda Nielson. - The voice of John Nielson. - The voice of Ingrid Pearson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-280) and index.

Part A: The voice of an Utari Sudibjo (Tan Sian Nio). - The background to my birth. - Growing up (1912-24). - A local sugar crisis and its aftermath (1924-30). - Relocation and early career (1930-42). - World War II and Japanese occupation (1942-45). - Revolution (1945-49). - Independence and faltering nationhood (1949-59). - Political instability and personal consequences (1959-67). - A new life in Australia (post 1967). - Final statement. -- Part B: The voices of others. - The voice of Gerda Nielson. - The voice of John Nielson. - The voice of Ingrid Pearson.

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