Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia. Ronald G. Knapp

      

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      A view through the moon gate in the Loke Yew mansion, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (page 162).

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      Front endpapers A detail of the upper register of a carved cabinet in Emerald Hill, Singapore (page 88).

      Back endpapers A close-up of the pressed glass window panes in an upstairs bedroom of the Chee Jin Siew home, Malacca, Malaysia (page 69).

      A wedding chamber with an alcove bridal bed and a separate bed for the groom, Wee residence, Singapore (page 100).

      Tan Boon Chia residence, Rasa, Malaysia

       Foreword by Wang Gungwu

      PART ONE

       The Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers

      PART TWO

       Chinese Heritage Houses of Southeast Asia

       HEEREN STREET SHOPHOUSE

      Penang, Malaysia

       TAN CHENG LOCK RESIDENCE

      Malacca, Malaysia

       CHEE MANSION

      Malacca, Malaysia

       CHEE JIN SIEW HOME

      Malacca, Malaysia

       TAN YEOK NEE MANOR

      Singapore

       SHOPHOUSES AND TERRACE HOUSES

      Singapore

       WEE RESIDENCE (BABA HOUSE MUSEUM)

      Singapore

      Tan Yeok Nee manor, Singapore

       CHUNG KENG QUEE MANSION (PINANG PERANAKAN MANSION)

      Penang, Malaysia

       SUN YAT-SEN SHOPHOUSE

      Penang, Malaysia

       KEE ANCESTRAL MANOR

      Sungai Bakap, Malaysia

       CHEONG FATT TZE BLUE MANSION

      Penang, Malaysia

       CHYN PRACHA RESIDENCE

      Phuket, Thailand

       TJONG A FIE MANSION

      Medan, Indonesia

       LOKE YEW MANSION

      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

       TAN BOON CHIA RESIDENCE

      Rasa, Malaysia

       KHOUW FAMILY MANOR

      Jakarta, Indonesia