Kwee family of Ciledug

This article is about the 'Cabang Atas' family of bureaucrats and sugar barons. For other uses, see Kwee family (disambiguation).

Kwee family of Ciledug
Cabang Atas
CountryDutch East Indies
Indonesia
Netherlands
Place of originQing Empire
Founded1820s (left Fujian)
FounderKwee Giok San
Titles
Connected families

The Kwee family of Ciledug was an influential bureaucratic and business dynasty of the 'Cabang Atas' or the Chinese gentry of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia).[1][2][3] From the mid-nineteenth until the mid-twentieth century, they featured prominently in the colonial bureaucracy of Java as Chinese officers, and played an important role in the sugar industry.[3] Like many in the Cabang Atas, they were pioneering, early adopters of European education and modernity in colonial Indonesia.[3] During the Indonesian Revolution, they also hosted most of the negotiations leading to the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.[3]

  1. ^ Haryono, Steve (2017). "Chinese officers in Cirebon". Wacana. 18 (1): 216–236. doi:10.17510/wacana.v18i1.578. ISSN 2407-6899. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ Haryono, Steve (2017). Perkawinan Strategis: Hubungan Keluarga Antara Opsir-opsir Tionghoa Dan 'Cabang Atas' Di Jawa Pada Abad Ke-19 Dan 20. Utrecht: Steve Haryono. ISBN 9789090302492. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Post, Peter (2019). The Kwee Family of Ciledug: Family, Status, and Modernity in Colonial Java. Volendam: LM Publishers. ISBN 9789460224928. Retrieved 11 November 2019.