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Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers Hardcover – December 10, 2010

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition (December 10, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0804839565
  • ISBN-13: 978-0804839563
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 1.1 x 12 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsInteresting and beautiful houses
By Jackal on December 7, 2010
Format: Hardcover
Hanoi, Malacka, Singapore all these towns, and many others, are (or at least were) filled with Chinese old houses, which often are called shop houses. A better word would be town houses. The cover of the book shows a Singaporean town house, which is now a museum. It is situated next to a very big ugly modern road, but once this street was millionaire's row in Singapore - just some stone throws to the train station with regular service to Kuala Lumpur. How time change.

The houses presented in this book are stunningly beautiful and probably never looked as good as they do today, but most of these houses have been reduced to rubble in the name of modernisation. The text is pretty interesting. We get an introduction to why the Chinese houses in the South-East Asian region all look so similar. We also get a description of the houses, but we do not really get a deeper understanding of how these houses were designed or how (if) they assimilated any of the local culture present at the time.

This book could also be interesting for people interested in interior design.

I would also recommed the author's Chinese Houses: The Architectural Heritage of a Nation describing old houses in China.

Staying within the SE Asia region Davison's Black and White: The Singapore House 1898-1941 looks at the Singaporean (and Malaysian - but not covered in the book) British colonial architecture around the same time.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAnother masterpiece alongside Chinese Houses
By Donia Zhang on November 23, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia is a seriously researched book which takes a historical approach to investigate 37 private residences of Overseas Chinese entrepreneurs who left their villages in Southern China and voyaged to Southeast Asia in the hope of finding a better life. Knapp's narratives skillfully paint a picture of the cultural landscape of Southeast Asia, its vast array and complexity of cultural diffusion, assimilation, and interactions that resulted in these hybrid houses combining Chinese, European, as well as indigenous architectural styles and features. Knapp comprehensively documented his findings from historical records as well as his meticulous observations of the rise, fall, and transformation of the life of each family and their residence. The research efforts put into the book by the author, and the beautifully illustrated photographs by Ong, is astonishing, beyond anyone's expectation.
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5.0 out of 5 starsInformative and Beautiful--excellent resource on Chinese Diasporic Houses
By Minmin on January 21, 2013
Format: Hardcover
Ronald Knapp has done it again! Once again, Knapp has written a book which is as beautiful as it is informative, thanks to the beautiful photographs by A. Chester Ong, and Knapp's excellent research. This work, Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia: The Eclectic Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers, takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam in order to paint a picture of the lives of the Chinese diaspora in these distant lands. Following a very informative and meticulously researched introduction, which traces both the history of the Chinese diaspora in South Asia, and how it is reflected architecturally in the region, Knapp's book takes us on a journey to thirty-seven of these dwellings (shophouses, bungalows, villas, and mansions), presenting a photo essay on each. The story of cultural fusion is as beautiful as the houses themselves. Ronald Knapp's work is also timely, as the vast majority of Chinese diasporic houses have not survived into the twenty-first century.
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5.0 out of 5 starsfresh view of Chinese diaspora culture
By S. L. on December 5, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Knapp is the author of many wonderful books on Chinese houses, all of which are well illustrated and informative. This latest book by him breaks a new ground by presenting the wonderful images of Chinese houses outside China. Illustrated with fine photographs, the book shows the material culture of Chinese diaspora communities in Southeast Asia and traces its roots to the coastal region of Fujian. One particularly interesting concept discussed in the book is the sojourners' house. The Chinese immigrants in Southeast Asia were business sojourners who maintained close connections to the lands of their ancestry.

This book full of historical details appeals to general readers as well as scholars of Chinese diaspora. It is a path-breaking book that will make China scholars rethink the scope of Chinese studies.
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