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Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a larger Muslim population than any other. The Indonesia Reader is a unique introduction to this extraordinary country. Assembled for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the Reader includes more than 150 selections: journalists’ articles, explorers’ chronicles, photographs, poetry, stories, cartoons, drawings, letters, speeches, and more. Many pieces are by Indonesians; some are translated into English for the first time. All have introductions by the volume’s editors. Well-known figures such as Indonesia’s acclaimed novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz are featured alongside other artists and scholars, as well as politicians, revolutionaries, colonists, scientists, and activists. Organized chronologically, the volume addresses early Indonesian civilizations; contact with traders from India, China, and the Arab Middle East; and the European colonization of Indonesia, which culminated in centuries of Dutch rule. Selections offer insight into Japan’s occupation (1942–45), the establishment of an independent Indonesia, and the post-independence era, from Sukarno’s presidency (1945–67), through Suharto’s dictatorial regime (1967–98), to the present Reformasi period. Themes of resistance and activism recur: in a book excerpt decrying the exploitation of Java’s natural wealth by the Dutch; in the writing of Raden Ajeng Kartini (1879–1904), a Javanese princess considered the icon of Indonesian feminism; in a 1978 statement from East Timor objecting to annexation by Indonesia; and in an essay by the founder of Indonesia’s first gay activist group. From fifth-century Sanskrit inscriptions in stone to selections related to the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2004 tsunami, The Indonesia Reader conveys the long history and the cultural, ethnic, and ecological diversity of this far-flung archipelago nation. Paperback: 488 pages Company: Duke University Press Books (2009-03-13) ISBN: 0822344246 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $17.68 Used Price: $15.00
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Citation Details Title: A History of Modern Indonesia.(Book review) Author: David Webster Publication: Canadian Journal of History (Magazine/Journal) Date: March 22, 2007 Publisher: Thomson Gale Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Page: 158(2) Article Type: Book review Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: David Webster Digital: 4 pages HTML Company: Thomson Gale (2007-03-22) (2007-10-04) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95 
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, is now in the midst of dramatic upheaval. This history of Indonesia provides an overview from the prehistoric period to the present and explores the connections between the nation’s many communities and the differences that propel contemporary breakaway movements. Taylor’s approach challenges and opens the mind.”Jaime James, Los Angeles Times Book Review Taylor’s new book is groundbreaking: it takes us on a grand journey from the earliest material cultures of the archipelago to Indonesia’s turbulent present.”Laurie J. Sears, author of Shadows of Empire: Colonial Discourse and Javanese Tales Clear, erudite, and authoritative, this book provides a rich coverage of the vast tapestry of Indonesian society.”Ben Kiernan, Yale University A rich and fascinating excursion into Indonesian history that is guided not only by the usual commanding authority of political events, but by the story of how different peoples, as communities, have interacted over the centuries to produce an Indonesia that, although diverse, can also be called a nation.”Foreign Affairs Author: Jean Gelman Taylor Paperback: 448 pages Company: Yale University Press (2004-09-10) ISBN: 0300105185 List Price: $24.00 Amazon Price: $14.55 Used Price: $11.57 
Recognized as the most authoritative general account of Indonesia, this revised and expanded fourth edition has been updated in light of new scholarship. New chapters at the end of the book bring the story up to the present day, including discussion of recent events such as the 2002 Bali terrorist bombings and the 2004 tsunami. Author: M.C. Ricklefs Paperback: 496 pages Company: Stanford University Press (2008-09-22) ISBN: 0804761302 List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $23.69 Used Price: $16.21 
This book examines how the Indonesian Chinese who were born after 1966 negotiate meanings about their culture and identity through their collective memory of growing up in a restrictive media environment that specifically curtailed Chinese language and culture. The restrictive media environment was the result of a series of policies administered during the Suharto era (1965-1998). According to the regulations, the Indonesian government closed all Chinese-language schools and prohibited the use of Chinese characters in public places, the import of Chinese-language publications, and all public forms and expressions of Chinese culture. In the past century, and particularly in the past decade, much attention has been given to China and its rising status as a world economic power. Scholarship on overseas Chinese has also shed light on their relationship with their 'mythic homeland', China. In their work, scholars discovered that the Chinese of Southeast Asia have created a prominent economic, political, and cultural presence in countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. In the 1960s, scholars such as George Kahin, Ruth McVey, and Benedict Anderson were drawn to the political upheavals in Indonesia and the various roles that the Chinese of Indonesia have played in the economic, political, and cultural arenas of their country. In later years, Charles Coppel and Leo Suryadinata have published extensively on various aspects of the Chinese in Indonesia, such as their religious affiliations and education. Despite the considerable attention given to the Chinese of Indonesia, scholars have not specifically studied, through the lens of the media, how a certain group of Chinese Indonesians grew up in a restrictive media and cultural environment during the 33 years when Indonesia was ruled by Suharto. This book takes the first step in examining this generation's collective memory of growing up in a state-controlled environment that has had a significant impact on their identity formation, maintenance, and the (re)negotiation of 'Chineseness' in their everyday lives. This book will appeal especially to media, cultural studies, and Southeast Asian studies scholars, researchers, and students.Author: Aimee Dawis Hardcover: 288 pages Company: Cambria Press (2009-05-28) ISBN: 1604976063 List Price: $109.99 Amazon Price: $105.59 Used Price: $196.16 
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Become a Master of European History with REA’s Premium Edition Flashcards! REA’s flashcard book offers students a great way to study for the Advanced Placement European History exam. Unlike most flashcards that come in a box, our flashcards are bound in an easy-to-use, organized book format. With no loose cards to lose or misplace, studying is a breeze! Packed with 500 question and answer flashcards covering all aspects of European History from the Renaissance up through the present day, these flashcards let students write their answer to a question on the front of the card, and then compare it to the answer on the back of the card. The flashcards are chronologically ordered and indexed, allowing students to quickly find a particular era in European History and test their subject knowledge. This Premium Edition with CD-ROM includes four test-readiness quizzes, timelines of all chronological periods covered on the actual Advanced Placment exam, and a concise European History review. Author: Mark Bach, Advanced Placement, European History Study Guides Paperback: 576 pages Company: Research & Education Association (2009-02-02) ISBN: 0738605085 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $10.57 Used Price: $9.64 
Popular hostility in Indonesia to US attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq seem easily understandable, as is the ambivalent attitude of Indonesian governments to the US-led war on terror. After all, Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim country. But this analysis fails to address the complexity of Indonesia. Much like in Turkey, military and bureaucratic elites since independence have worked to create a more secular nationalist Indonesian identity out of the country's multi-ethnic and multi-religious mix. However, often there has been tension between such a secularist course and elements of the majority Muslim population. This dynamic has especially shaped how Indonesia faces the outside world. Perwita explores Islam as a domestic political variable in Indonesia's foreign policy under Soeharto and argues that the foreign policy toward the Muslim world was increasingly based on domestic political struggles between local actors, particularly the Muslim community and the State. Chapters cover Indonesia's behaviour toward the Organization of the Islamic Conferences and the Middle East conflict, the role of Indonesia in facilitating a peaceful settlement of the conflict between the Phillippines government and the Moro National Liberation Front, and Indonesia's policy toward the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. An epilogue discusses how Indonesian foreign policy is still shaped by the same forces.Author: Anak Agung Banyu Perwitz Paperback: 222 pages Company: Nordic Inst of Asian Studies (2007-04-30) ISBN: 8791114926 List Price: $29.00 Amazon Price: $25.00 Used Price: $7.75 
This succinct work of history charts the growth of Indonesia, a remarkable nation of more than 6,000 inhabited islands. With lucid originality, the text incorporates more than 2 million years of history with depth and brevity—particularly focusing on Indonesia's development into a microcosm of a multi-ethnic modern world. Many current concerns are perceptively addressed, such as the legacy of European-Asian trade, Dutch colonialism, and the emergence of what has become the largest Muslim population in the world. Author: Colin Brown Paperback: 288 pages Company: Allen & Unwin (2004-04-01) ISBN: 1865088382 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $10.56 Used Price: $5.85 
This fascinating study looks at the origins, outbreak and course of the Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation of 1963-1966, within the context of British and American policies in South East Asia during the 1960s as a whole. Matthew Jones uses new archival sources to throw fresh light on such subjects as British Colonial policy and the creation of Malaysia, Anglo-American tensions over the confrontation itself, and the diplomacy of that important, but often neglected, international dispute.Author: Matthew Jones Hardcover: 348 pages Bargain Price Company: Cambridge University Press (2001-10-01) List Price: $114.00 Amazon Price: $45.60 Used Price: $494.99 |
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