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Title: Indonesia: Peoples and Histories by Jean Gelman Taylor ISBN: 0-300-09709-3 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Quirky history for an eccentric nation
Comment: This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in Indonesia. It is not a standard sort of history, but its value lies in how the author brilliantly weaves together strands of Indonesia's prehistory, colonial history, and history as an independent nation--it reminds one of Churchill's maxim about the Balkans, that the region has to be a net exporter of history because it produces too much for local consumption. This book also demonstrates why the Australians are absolutely first-rate in Indonesian studies (look at a map--they have to be). Another huge plus are the extremely valuable capsule histories scattered throughout--little gems that capture small topics deftly. My only criticism is about the author's writing style: hardly "voluptuous" as one reviewer put it (what does voluptuous writing look like?)--but in fact it's fairly inelegant; the list approach to making your points.
Rating: 5
Summary: Much Needed and Thanks!!!!
Comment: I have been waiting for someone to write this book.'Indonesia: Peoples and Histories' by Jean Gelman Taylor fills an important gap in Indonesia studies. I was really excited to find this book and have not be disappointed. If you are at all interested in Indonesia you will want to have this book. The writing is clear and concise. Taylor knows her subject well. I highly recommend this beautiful book about an increasingly important nation on the world scene.
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Title: Indonesian Destinies : by Theodore Friend ISBN: 0674011376 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: A History of Modern Indonesia Since C. 1200 by M. C. Ricklefs ISBN: 0804744807 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Archipelago : Islands of Indonesia by Gavan Daws, Marty Fujita ISBN: 0520215761 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Seeds of Terror : An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda's Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia by Maria Ressa ISBN: 0743251334 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 02 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Islam, Law, and Equality in Indonesia: An Anthropology of Public Reasoning by John Richard Bowen ISBN: 0521531896 Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt) Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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