Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; PART ONE: The Architecture of Sojourners and Settlers; PART TWO: Chinese Heritage Houses of Southeast Asia; HEEREN STREET SHOPHOUSE; TAN CHENG LOCK RESIDENCE; CHEE MANSION; CHEE JIN SIEW HOME; TAN YEOK NEE MANOR; SHOPHOUSES AND TERRACE HOUSES; WEE RESIDENCE (BABA HOUSE MUSEUM); CHUNG KENG QUEE MANSION (PINANG PERANAKAN MANSION); SUN YAT-SEN SHOPHOUSE; KEE ANCESTRAL MANOR; CHEONG FATT TZE BLUE MANSION; CHYN PRACHA RESIDENCE; TJONG A FIE MANSION; LOKE YEW MANSION; TAN BOON CHIA RESIDENCE; KHOUW FAMILY MANOR; OEY DJIE SAN PLANTATION HOME. TJIOE FAMILY RESIDENCE (ST MARIA DE FATIMA CATHOLIC CHURCH)TAN TIONG IE HOME; SIEK FAMILY HOME (PRASADA MANDALA DHARMA); KWIK DJOEN ENG MANSION (INSTITUT RONCALLI); LIEM COMPOUND; HAN FAMILY ANCESTRAL HALL; HAN AND THALIB RESIDENCE; NA SONGKHLA RESIDENCE; POSAYACHINDA RESIDENCE; WANGLEE MANSION; TRAN FAMILY HOME; PHUNG HUNG RESIDENCE; DIEP DONG NGUYEN HOUSE; AN HIEN GARDEN HOME; SYQUIA MANSION; YAP-SANDIEGO ANCESTRAL HOUSE; QIU FAMILY RESIDENCES; CHEN CIHONG MANOR; DEE C. CHUAN VILLA; ZHANG BISHI MANOR; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; Back Cover

The multiple Chinese migrations from southeastern China to Southeast Asia have had important implications for both regions. In Southeast Asia this influence can be seen in the architecturally eclectic homes these migrants and their descendants built as they became successful; homes that combined Chinese, European and local influences, especially during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chinese Houses of Southeast Asia strives not only to be an informative but also an authoritative book on the subject of hybrid architecture. It's filled with stunning color photographs an