Chinese artsen in Nederlands-Indië. Sociale mobiliteit bij een etnische handelsminderheid in een koloniale samenleving

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Chinese Doctors in the Dutch East Indies. Social Mobility among an Ethnic Middleman Minority in a Colonial Society. The role of education in the social mobility of Chinese migrants' children in colonial Indonesia who trained in medical science in the 1930s and 1940s is described based on interviews with Chinese-Indonesian doctors (N = 20) born between 1910 and 1927 and now living in the Netherlands; statistical data on migration history and occupations are also utilized. It is found that income stability and occupational independence were the strongest motivations for pursuing a career in medicine. The success of these Chinese doctors in colonial Indonesia is discussed in relation to the social mobility of Chinese migrants in general. 2 Tables, 1 Appendix, 35 References. Z. Dubiel