Kanowit, or Kanowit Bazaar, is situated on the Kanowit and Rajang Rivers, near Sibu Sarawak. During the Brooke period the area saw a big influx of Chinese from Singapore and Fujian to take advantage of the trading opportunities there. The Chinese community were the dominant community in the town at the time of Fielder's research in the early 1970s. His monograph maps out the setting, population, economics, multiracial and uniracial activities, religion and the role of the family. New Paperback. 277 pages with figures, tables, maps, a bibliography and an index.
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