A History of Modern Indonesia
2nd Edition
Published on 2. January 2013
978-1-139-60362-1 (ISBN)
Description
Since the Bali bombings of 2002 and the rise of political Islam, Indonesia has frequently occupied media headlines. Nevertheless, the history of the fourth largest country on earth remains relatively unknown. Adrian Vickers' book, first published in 2005, traces the history of an island country, comprising some 240 million people, from the colonial period through revolution and independence to the present. Framed around the life story of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia's most famous and controversial novelist and playwright, the book journeys through the social and cultural mores of Indonesian society, focusing on the experiences of ordinary people. In this new edition, the author brings the story up to date, revisiting his argument as to why Indonesia has yet to realise its potential as a democratic country. He also examines the rise of fundamentalist Islam, which has haunted Indonesia since the fall of Suharto.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
7 Maps; 20 Halftones, unspecified
File size
9844,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-139-60362-1 (9781139603621)
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A History of Modern Indonesia
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A History of Modern Indonesia
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03/2013
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
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Person
Adrian Vickers is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Director of Asian Studies at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Sydney. He is author of the acclaimed Bali: A Paradise Created (1989). In 2003 he curated the exhibition Crossing Boundaries, a major survey of modern Indonesian art, and he has also been involved in documentary films, including Done Bali (1993).
Content
1. Our colonial soil; 2. Cultures of the countryside; 3. 'To assail the colonial machine'; 4. The revolution; 5. Living in the atomic age; 6. From old to new orders; 7. Terror and development in a happy land; 8. Age of globalisation, age of crisis.
