Four Chinese families in British colonial Malaya
Subtitle: Confucius, Christianity and revolution
By: by Linda Y.C. Lim
Publisher: Blurb
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Singapore; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Genealogy; Chinese; History; Confucianism; Christians
Other titles: Confucius, Christianity and revolution.
Description: "This narrative, then, is the start of an effort to uncover and represent not just the history of four overseas Chinese families linked by marriage, religion and education, but also to provide a basis for reflection on the significance of the times through which they lived, and the roles which they, and others like them, played in the evolution of our collective history in China, Singapore and Southeast Asia."--Prologue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Introduction; title: The Lees (father's mother); title: The Lims (father's father); title: The Kungs (mother's mother); title: The Oois (mother's father); title: Epilogue; title: Appendix A: origins and myths of dialects and names; title: Appendix B: tomb mysteries and grave insights; title: Appendic C: Saw Kim Lian; title: Appendix D: family trees; title: Appendix E: sources for further research.