Tangled Worlds : : The Story of Maria Hertogh / / Tom Eames Hughes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Hughes, Tom Eames,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1980]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 1980
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (64 p.)

This story centres on the time Maria Hertogh spent in Singapore in 1950, when she became the innocent focus of a tangle of cultures and religions which aroused world-wide interest. There are introductory chapters outlining Maria’s origins and an epilogue sketching what happened to her afterwards. The author was at the time head of the Singapore Social Welfare Department which was intimately involved. The account is thus largely based on firsthand knowledge.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON NOMENCLATURE -- CONTENTS -- 1: HOW IT BEGAN IN JAVA, UP TO 1942 -- II: . MARIA COMES UNDER THE CARE OF CHE AMINAH, 1942 -- III: MARIA: 1942 to 1950: KAMPONG TO COURT -- IV: MARIA IN SINGAPORE -- V: PUBLIC INTEREST QUICKENS. LEAVE TO APPEAL GIVEN -- VI: MARIA AT YORK HILL, APRIL/JULY 1950 -- VII: THE APPEAL JUDGEMENT, JULY 1950 -- VIII: MARIA'S MARRIAGE, 1 AUGUST 1950 -- IX: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS RESUMED, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1950 -- X: FOUR SMOULDERING MONTHS, AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1950 -- XI: THE JUDGEMENT OF MR. JUSTICE BROWN, 2 DECEMBER 1950 -- XII: THE LAST TEN DAYS: 2 TO 12 DECEMBER 1950 -- XII: 11, 12, 13 DECEMBER. RIOTS -- THE END OF ONE AND MANY LIVES -- XIV: EPILOGUE: MARIA IN HOLLAND, FROM DECEMBER 1950 -- NOTE ON SOURCES -- THE AUTHOR