Language ungoverned : Indonesia's Chinese print entrepreneurs, 1911-1949

Hoogervorst, Tom 1984- (author.).

Summary: "A language history of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community (1911-1949), who adopted society's Malay vernacular and developed a vibrant print culture around this lingua franca. Due to their accessible and entertaining language, the Sino-Malay books, newspapers, and poems were also popular among other ethnic groups"--

Record details

ISBN: 1501758241
ISBN: 9781501758249
ISBN: 150175825X
ISBN: 9781501758256
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Ithaca [New York] : South Asia Progam Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Formatted Contents Note:	Connected Language Histories -- On Good, Bad, and Ugly Malay -- Printing, Pulp, and Popularity -- Competing Expressions of Modernity -- The Humoristic and The Invective
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2021).