History of Modern Indonesia

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext This updated edition examines the rise of fundamentalist Islam in Indonesia and asks why the country's democratic aspirations have yet to be realized. Zusammenfassung This account traces the history of Indonesia from the colonial period through revolution and independence to the present! focusing on the experiences of ordinary people. In this new edition! the author revisits his argument as to why Indonesia has yet to realize its potential as a democratic country! while examining the rise of fundamentalist Islam. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Vickers, Adrian (University of Sydney) Vickers, Vickers Adrian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2013
• EAN: 9781107019478
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01947-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Asian History, Indonesia