Budiman Minasny is a professor of soil science at the University of Sydney, with a keen interest in history. Originally from Medan, North Sumatra, he has authored several scholarly articles on the historical narratives of the region's people. In Soil Science, Budiman is considered a leading authority in soil mapping, has authored more than 200 academic papers, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.Dirk Aedsge Buiskool is a historian. He was lecturing in history at the Groningen Volksuniversiteit and the University of North Sumatra. In Medan he co-founded Tri Jaya Tour & Travel and Hotel Deli River. Dirk contributed to different historical journals and books and published the award-winning book De reis van Harm Kamerlingh Onnes. In 2019, he received his PhD from Utrecht University with the thesis "Prominent Chinese During the Rise of a Colonial City: Medan 1890-1942."

• Part 1: History & Society.- Chapter 1: Medan, A Plantation City on the East Coast of Sumatra.- Chapter 2: Swiss Planters in Deli.- Chapter 3: Germans and French Planters and Entrepreneurs on Sumatra's East Coast.- Chapter 4: The Influence and Dynamics of Japanese in Medan.- Chapter 5: The Indian Communities' Journey in Deli.- Chapter 6: How the Suez Canal Facilitated the Colonial Extractive Economy.- Chapter 7: De Witte Sociëteit and the White Society of Medan.- Chapter 8: The Evolving Kesawan.- Chapter 9: Hobbit House to Kota China: The Archaeological Rediscovery of North Sumatra’s Deep Past.- Part 2: In the Chinese Quarter.- Chapter 10: Chinese Officers of Medan.- Chapter 11: Chinese Temples for Solidarity.- Chapter 12: Tjong Yong Hian Building the Swatow-Chaozhou Railway.- Chapter 13: Law Ah Yok, the Father of Medan’s Chinatown.- Chapter 14: Rickshaws in Medan.- Chapter 15: Streets of Commerce and Memory.- Chapter 16: The Centrale Pasar and Pasar Malam of Medan.- Part 3: Colonial Business and Trade.- Chapter 17: Early Entrepreneurs and Merchants of Medan590F636F.- Chapter 18: The Rise and Fall of the Hüttenbach Family of Deli.- Chapter 19: The Legend of Medan’s Warenhuis.- Chapter 20: From Tobacco to Oil: Aeilko Jans Zijlker and the Birth of Royal Dutch Shell.- Chapter 21: The Making of the Deli Press.- Chapter 22: Kehding, Haas, and the Making of a Colonial Enterprise in East Sumatra.- Chapter 23: Seng Hap and the Chinese Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 14: Kamerlingh Onnes Family Journey: From Tobacco Plantations to Nobel Prize.- Chapter 25: Colonial Businesses in Medan.

Budiman Minasny is a professor of soil science at the University of Sydney, with a keen interest in history. Originally from Medan, North Sumatra, he has authored several scholarly articles on the historical narratives of the region's people. In Soil Science, Budiman is considered a leading authority in soil mapping, has authored more than 200 academic papers, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.Dirk Aedsge Buiskool is a historian. He was lecturing in history at the Groningen Volksuniversiteit and the University of North Sumatra. In Medan he co-founded Tri Jaya Tour & Travel and Hotel Deli River. Dirk contributed to different historical journals and books and published the award-winning book De reis van Harm Kamerlingh Onnes. In 2019, he received his PhD from Utrecht University with the thesis "Prominent Chinese During the Rise of a Colonial City: Medan 1890-1942."

• Part 1: History & Society.- Chapter 1: Medan, A Plantation City on the East Coast of Sumatra.- Chapter 2: Swiss Planters in Deli.- Chapter 3: Germans and French Planters and Entrepreneurs on Sumatra's East Coast.- Chapter 4: The Influence and Dynamics of Japanese in Medan.- Chapter 5: The Indian Communities' Journey in Deli.- Chapter 6: How the Suez Canal Facilitated the Colonial Extractive Economy.- Chapter 7: De Witte Sociëteit and the White Society of Medan.- Chapter 8: The Evolving Kesawan.- Chapter 9: Hobbit House to Kota China: The Archaeological Rediscovery of North Sumatra’s Deep Past.- Part 2: In the Chinese Quarter.- Chapter 10: Chinese Officers of Medan.- Chapter 11: Chinese Temples for Solidarity.- Chapter 12: Tjong Yong Hian Building the Swatow-Chaozhou Railway.- Chapter 13: Law Ah Yok, the Father of Medan’s Chinatown.- Chapter 14: Rickshaws in Medan.- Chapter 15: Streets of Commerce and Memory.- Chapter 16: The Centrale Pasar and Pasar Malam of Medan.- Part 3: Colonial Business and Trade.- Chapter 17: Early Entrepreneurs and Merchants of Medan590F636F.- Chapter 18: The Rise and Fall of the Hüttenbach Family of Deli.- Chapter 19: The Legend of Medan’s Warenhuis.- Chapter 20: From Tobacco to Oil: Aeilko Jans Zijlker and the Birth of Royal Dutch Shell.- Chapter 21: The Making of the Deli Press.- Chapter 22: Kehding, Haas, and the Making of a Colonial Enterprise in East Sumatra.- Chapter 23: Seng Hap and the Chinese Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 14: Kamerlingh Onnes Family Journey: From Tobacco Plantations to Nobel Prize.- Chapter 25: Colonial Businesses in Medan.

Budiman Minasny is a professor of soil science at the University of Sydney, with a keen interest in history. Originally from Medan, North Sumatra, he has authored several scholarly articles on the historical narratives of the region's people. In Soil Science, Budiman is considered a leading authority in soil mapping, has authored more than 200 academic papers, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.Dirk Aedsge Buiskool is a historian. He was lecturing in history at the Groningen Volksuniversiteit and the University of North Sumatra. In Medan he co-founded Tri Jaya Tour & Travel and Hotel Deli River. Dirk contributed to different historical journals and books and published the award-winning book De reis van Harm Kamerlingh Onnes. In 2019, he received his PhD from Utrecht University with the thesis "Prominent Chinese During the Rise of a Colonial City: Medan 1890-1942."

• Part 1: History & Society.- Chapter 1: Medan, A Plantation City on the East Coast of Sumatra.- Chapter 2: Swiss Planters in Deli.- Chapter 3: Germans and French Planters and Entrepreneurs on Sumatra's East Coast.- Chapter 4: The Influence and Dynamics of Japanese in Medan.- Chapter 5: The Indian Communities' Journey in Deli.- Chapter 6: How the Suez Canal Facilitated the Colonial Extractive Economy.- Chapter 7: De Witte Sociëteit and the White Society of Medan.- Chapter 8: The Evolving Kesawan.- Chapter 9: Hobbit House to Kota China: The Archaeological Rediscovery of North Sumatra’s Deep Past.- Part 2: In the Chinese Quarter.- Chapter 10: Chinese Officers of Medan.- Chapter 11: Chinese Temples for Solidarity.- Chapter 12: Tjong Yong Hian Building the Swatow-Chaozhou Railway.- Chapter 13: Law Ah Yok, the Father of Medan’s Chinatown.- Chapter 14: Rickshaws in Medan.- Chapter 15: Streets of Commerce and Memory.- Chapter 16: The Centrale Pasar and Pasar Malam of Medan.- Part 3: Colonial Business and Trade.- Chapter 17: Early Entrepreneurs and Merchants of Medan590F636F.- Chapter 18: The Rise and Fall of the Hüttenbach Family of Deli.- Chapter 19: The Legend of Medan’s Warenhuis.- Chapter 20: From Tobacco to Oil: Aeilko Jans Zijlker and the Birth of Royal Dutch Shell.- Chapter 21: The Making of the Deli Press.- Chapter 22: Kehding, Haas, and the Making of a Colonial Enterprise in East Sumatra.- Chapter 23: Seng Hap and the Chinese Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 14: Kamerlingh Onnes Family Journey: From Tobacco Plantations to Nobel Prize.- Chapter 25: Colonial Businesses in Medan.