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Indonesia: A Global Studies Handbook

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Indonesia: A Global Studies Handbook

Contributors:

By (Author) Florence Lamoureux

ISBN:

9781576079133

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

ABC-CLIO

Publication Date:

2nd December 2003

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Asian history

Dewey:

959.8

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

251

Description

A one-stop source for essential information on the history, geography, politics, religion, economy, and culture of the fourth most populous country in the world. It's the "little giant" of Southeast Asia, with beautiful temples, breathtaking scenery, and a rich culture. But it's also a widely dispersed island-nation with grinding poverty, endemic corruption, bloody secessionist movements, and growing Islamic militancy. Indonesia examines pre-colonial periods of the country's development, as well as its independence movement. It discusses the economic collapse of the 1990s and how the resultant civil chaos impacted Indonesia's present political and social problems, and its neighbors. This book also looks at the secessionist movements in West Papua and Aceh and the religious conflict in eastern Indonesia. In addition to current events, the coverage focuses on important individuals, from Javanese nobles to President Sukarno, who was a Japanese collaborator during World War II. This is the book to have for an intriguing and enlightening glance at Indonesia.

Reviews

"Recommended. Public libraries and high school and lower-division undergraduate collections." - Choice

Author Bio

Florence Lamoureux is associate director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI.

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