What is the setting of This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer?

The novel primarily takes place on the island of Java in the colonized Dutch Indies. Within Java, most of the action either occurs in the port city of Surabaya or in the Wonokromo district, which is just outside the city and is the home of the Mellema's. Being a port city, Surabaya was likely to have had a higher mix of races, religions, languages, and ideas than perhaps other parts of the island. It is set at the turn of the century, beginning in 1898 and follows Minke, the narrator, in his last year of secondary school.