Sojourners and Settlers

Only recently has the role of Chinese minorities at the forefront of Southeast Asia's rapid economic growth attracted world attention. Yet interactions between Chinese and Southeast Asians are longstanding and intense, reaching back a thousand years and making it difficult, if not specious, to attempt to disentangle what is Chinese and what is indigenous in much of Southeast Asian culture. Sojourners and Settlers, now back in print, written by some of the most distinguished specialists in the field, demonstrates the depth of that relationship.

Anthony Reid is Professor of Southeast Asian History in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University Kristine Alilunas Rodgers worked as a Research Assistant in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University Jamie Mackie is Professor Emeritus in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University Wang Gungwu is now Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, after a distinguished career as an historian in Malaysia and Australia G. William Skinner is Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis O.W. Wolters is Goldwin Smith Professor of Southeast Asian History, Emeritus, Cornell University Craig Reynolds is currently Senior Research Fellow, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University Leonard Blusse teaches history at Leiden University Mary Somers Heidhues teaches at the University of Gottingen Claudine Salmon is a senior researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris