The History Of Indonesia

Author : Tim Hannigan
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781462917167

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Brief History of Indonesia by Tim Hannigan Pdf

Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes that has a long and rich history stretching back a thousand years and more. Indonesia is the fabled "Spice Islands" of every school child's dreams—one of the most colorful and fascinating countries in history. These are the islands that Europeans set out on countless voyages of discovery to find and later fought bitterly over in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. This was the land that Christopher Columbus sought, and Magellan actually reached and explored. One tiny Indonesian island was even exchanged for the island of Manhattan in 1667! This fascinating history book tells the story of Indonesia as a narrative of kings, traders, missionaries, soldiers and revolutionaries, featuring stormy sea crossings, fiery volcanoes, and the occasional tiger. It recounts the colorful visits of foreign travelers who have passed through these shores for many centuries—from Chinese Buddhist pilgrims and Dutch adventurers to English sea captains and American movie stars. For readers who want an entertaining introduction to Asia's most fascinating country, this is delightful reading.

Author : Steven Drakeley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313014659

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The History of Indonesia by Steven Drakeley Pdf

Culturally and politically, Indonesia is one of the more complex countries in the world, with 336 ethnic groups speaking 583 languages and dialects. It is only recently that these people have been contained within one political framework. Throughout most of history, Indonesia's inhabitants were divided politically in many different ways as a bewildering array of kingdoms and empires rose and fell within the region. Since independence in 1945, one of the challenges Indonesia faces is constructing a unified national identity. Through six chapters, Drakeley discusses Indonesian history beginning with settlement and social development in 5,000 BCE, through the Colonial Era, the Independence Movement, the Sukarno Era, and the Soeharto Era, to the 2004 elections. Ideal for students and general readers, the History of Indonesia is part of Greenwood's Histories of Modern Nations series. With over thirty nation's histories in print, these books provide readers with a concise, up-to-date history of countries throughout the world. Reference features include a biographical section highlighting famous figures in Indonesian history, a timeline of important historical events, a glossary of terms, and a bibliographical essay with suggestions for further reading.

Author : Colin Brown
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1865088382

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A Short History of Indonesia by Colin Brown Pdf

New in the Short Histories of Asia series, edited by Milton Osborne, this is a readable, well-informed and comprehensive history of Indonesia and its peoples, from ancient origins to the present day.

Author : Jan Luiten van Zanden,Daan Marks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136454608

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An Economic History of Indonesia by Jan Luiten van Zanden,Daan Marks Pdf

Based on new datasets, this book presents an economic history of Indonesia. It analyses the causes of stagnation of growth during the colonial and independence period, making use of new theoretical insights from institutional economics and new growth theory. The book looks at the major themes of Indonesian history: colonial exploitation and the successes and limitations of the post 1900 welfare policies, the price of instability after 1945, and the economic miracle after 1967. The book not only discusses economic change and development – or the lack thereof – but also the institutional and socio-political structures that were behind these changes. It also presents a lot of new data on the changing welfare of the Indonesian population, on income distribution, and on the functioning of markets for rice, credit and labour. Concluding with a discussion on whether the poor profited from the economic changes, this book is a useful contribution to Southeast Asian Studies and International Economics.

Author : Jan Sihar Aritonang,Karel Adriaan Steenbrink
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1021 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004170261

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A History of Christianity in Indonesia by Jan Sihar Aritonang,Karel Adriaan Steenbrink Pdf

Indonesia is the home of the largest single Muslim community of the world. Its Christian community, about 10% of the population, has until now received no overall description in English. Through cooperation of 26 Indonesian and European scholars, Protestants and Catholics, a broad and balanced picture is given of its 24 million Christians. This book sketches the growth of Christianity during the Portuguese period (1511-1605), it presents a fair account of developments under the Dutch colonial administration (1605-1942) and is more elaborate for the period of the Indonesian Republic (since 1945). It emphasizes the regional differences in this huge country, because most Christians live outside the main island of Java. Muslim-Christian relations, as well as the tensions between foreign missionaries and local theology, receive special attention.

Author : Robert Cribb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136780578

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Historical Atlas of Indonesia by Robert Cribb Pdf

This pioneering volume traces the history of the region which became Indonesia, from early times to the present day, in over three hundred specially drawn full-colour maps with detailed accompanying text. In doing so, the Atlas brings fresh life to the fascinating and tangled history of this immense archipelago. Beginning with the geographical and ecological forces which have shaped the physical form of the archipelago, the Historical Atlas of Indonesia goes on to chart early human migration and the changing distribution of ethnic groups. It traces the kaleidoscopic pattern of states in early Indonesia and their gradual incorporation into the Netherlands Indies and eventually into the Republic of Indonesia.

Author : Merle Calvin Ricklefs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0804721955

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A History of Modern Indonesia Since C. 1300 by Merle Calvin Ricklefs Pdf

Author : Carool Kersten
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748681877

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History of Islam in Indonesia by Carool Kersten Pdf

Explores the history of Islam in the largest Muslim nation state in the worldLocated on the eastern periphery of the historical Muslim world, as a political entity Indonesia is barely a century old. Yet with close to a quarter of a billion followers of Islam it is now the largest and most populous Muslim country in the world. As the greatest political power in Southeast Asia, and a growing player on the world scene, Indonesia presents itself as a bridge country between Asia, the wider Muslim world and the West.In this survey Carool Kersten presents the Islamisation of Indonesia from the first evidence of the acceptance of Islam by indigenous peoples in the late thirteenth century until the present day. He provides comprehensive insight into the different roles played by Islam in Indonesia throughout history, including the importance of Indian Ocean networks for connecting Indonesians with the wider Islamic world, the religions role as a means of resistance and tool for nation building, and postcolonial attempts to forge an aIndonesian Islam.Key FeaturesThe first comprehensive historical survey of the Islamisation of Indonesia from the arrival of Islam in the 13th century until the presentAn interdisciplinary study of the place and role of Islam in IndonesiaAn overview of the religions growing significance in the formation of what is now the largest and most populous Muslim country in the world

Author : Tineke Hellwig,Eric Tagliacozzo
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780822392279

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The Indonesia Reader by Tineke Hellwig,Eric Tagliacozzo Pdf

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.

Author : Katharine E. McGregor
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Civil-military relations
ISBN : 9971693607

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History in Uniform by Katharine E. McGregor Pdf

Under the New Order regime (1967-98), the Indonesian military sought to monopolise the production of official history and control its contents. The goal was to validate the political role of the armed forces, condemn communism and promote military values. A detailed examination of the Indonesian military's image-making under Suharto.

Author : Haryati Soebadio-Noto Soebagio,Carinne A. du Marchie Sarvaas
Publisher : North-Holland
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015000561269

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Dynamics of Indonesian History by Haryati Soebadio-Noto Soebagio,Carinne A. du Marchie Sarvaas Pdf

Table of contents: 1. Prehistoric Indonesia. 2. The megalithic tradition. 3. The Trunyanese: the people who descended from the sky. 4. Indian religions in Indonesia. 5. Wayang: a reflection of the aspirations of the Javanese. 6. Pre-islamic South Sulawesi. 7. The introduction of Islam and the growth of moslem coastal cities in the Indonesian archipelago. 8. Moluccan responses to the first intrusions of the west. 9. The Dutch trading monopolies. 10. Impacts of colonial policy on Sumatra. 11. The Kraton in the Javanese social structure. 12. Political transformation in the nineteenth century. 13. Nationalism, Pancasila, Soekarno. 14. National education in a colonial society. 15. Development of modern Indonesian literature. 16. Twentieth-century rural-urban changes. 17. Elite and masses: trends in recognition and alienation.

Author : Gertrudes Johan Resink
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Indonesia
ISBN : UOM:39015035308660

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Indonesia's History Between the Myths by Gertrudes Johan Resink Pdf

Author : Merle Calvin Ricklefs
Publisher : Stanford General Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0804761302

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A History of Modern Indonesia Since C. 1200 by Merle Calvin Ricklefs Pdf

This fourth edition of M. C. Ricklefs' classic work on the history of Indonesia reflects the fruits of the latest research and brings the story up to the present day. In a single volume, readers gain an insight into the complexities of the world's largest archipelago - a land of vibrant cultures and dynamic history, but also one of violence, oppressive governments and immense challenges.

Author : Geneviève Duggan,Hans Hägerdal
Publisher : National University of Singapore Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : UCBK:C121206476

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Savu by Geneviève Duggan,Hans Hägerdal Pdf

The book focuses on the historical trajectories of Savu, an island in the Nusa Tenggara Timur province, eastern Indonesia. While Savu is a relatively small island, aspects of its society, as well as this study's blend of anthropology and historical method, makes this book of fundamental relevance to the ongoing comparative examination of Austronesian-speaking populations from Madagascar to Hawaii and from Taiwan to Timor. This book brings together Duggan's detailed understanding of Savunese society and genealogies with Hägerdal's deep knowledge of the Dutch and Portuguese archives to understand the overlap between these perspectives on Savu's past. The text discusses the precolonial period up to the sixteenth century, and then examines how early-colonial encounters with the Portuguese and Dutch (VOC) changed the system of governance. In the nineteenth century, the Savunese embarked on minor colonial enterprises in Timor and Sumba, and were still largely autonomous vis-à-vis the colonial state. Protestant missionaries gained foothold after 1870, though Christianization was a slow process. Colonial rule via a Dutch-appointed raja was introduced in the early twentieth century. The text follows the fate of Savu during the struggle for independence and the postcolonial era, discussing the dilemmas of modernization and the resilience of the unique local culture.

Author : V.J.H. Houben,J.Th. Lindblad
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004486454

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The Emergence of a National Economy by V.J.H. Houben,J.Th. Lindblad Pdf

History matters. At the beginning of a new century and amidst the turmoil of a new democracy, a historical perspective on modern Indonesia is needed more than ever. This innovative economic history connects back to the colonial era and helps to explain why the transition from colonialism to Independence and from the New Order to democracy has been so difficult and sometimes traumatic. The Emergence of a National Economy identitifies three grand themes in this transformation: globalisation, state formation and economic integration. Globalisation affected the Indonesian archipelago even before the arrival of the Dutch—the New Order experience was only the most recent wave. Modern state formation began in Java under Governor-General Daendels (1808-11) and culminated in the centralised, military-bureaucratic state of Soeharto's New Order (1966-98). A national economy emerged gradually from the 1930s as the Outer Islands were reoriented towards an industrialising Java. These three themes link chronological chapters from the pre 1800 period through the modern colonial era to the breakdown of the colonial system after 1930, the birth of modern Indonesia, the remarkable economic transformation under the New Order, and the 'meltdown' during the Asian crisis of 1997/98. This overarching story gives a unity and rythm to Indonesia's modern history, while helping to explain why the future is likely to be different. The four authors—senior scholars from Australia (Howard Dick), Germany (Vincent Houben), the Netherlands (Thomas Lindblad) and Indonesia (Thee Kian Wie)—draw on a very wide range of sources to combine the insights of history, economic history and economics.