The Straits Chinese house : domestic life and tradition

Author

• Lee, Peter

Additional Author(s)

• Chen, Jennifer

Publisher

Singapore: National Museum of Singapore, 2012

Language

English

ISBN

9789814155946

Series

Subject(s)

• ARCHITECTURE, DOMESTIC-SOUTHEAST ASIA
• CHINESE-DWELLINGS-ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN
• PERANAKAN (ASIAN PEOPLE)--HOMES AND HAUNTS--SINGAPORE
• PERANAKAN (ASIAN PEOPLE)--SINGAPORE--SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS
• PERANAKAN (ASIAN PEOPLE)-DWELLINGS

Notes

• Glossary: p. 116-117

. Bibliography: p. 121.

Abstract

The Straits Chinese or Peranakan community is perhaps one of the oldest overseas Chinese communities in history, having established itself in the Malay archipelago as early as the seventeenth century.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

123 p.

Dimension

32 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Mandalay Villa: memories of a Peranakan Mansion / Herbie Lim Eng Kwan --
Emerald Hill revisited / Felix Chia --
The reception hall --
The ancestral hall --
The bridal chamber --
The living and dining rooms --
The kitchen.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	02207/16	305.895105957 Lee S	Library - 5th Floor/CCIS	Available