Author : Rudolf Mrázek
Publisher : SEAP Publications
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780877277132
A comprehensive biography of the Indonesian nationalist leader and Prime Minister of the Indonesian Republic, Sutan Sjahrir. This work is both a study of an individual and the social conditions that shaped him. The author has conducted extensive research and interviews with those who knew Sjahrir personally, politically, and by reputation.
Author : Daniel S. Lev
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,55 MB
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1501719378
Dedicated to George McT. Kahin, this collection examines the genesis and evolution of the modern Indonesian nation-state. Essay topics range from the nation's imaginative conception to the Suharto government's political and financial infrastructure. Contributors include F.P. Bunnell, R. McVey, T. Shiraishi, and B. R. O'G. Anderson.
Author : Frances Gouda
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789053564790
A revealing reassessment of the American government's position towards Indonesia's struggle for independence.
Author : Bambang Suharnoko Sjahrir
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 48,28 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9971988445
This study attempts to look at the basic needs condition in Indonesia from 1969 to 1984, using economics, politics and public policy approaches. It synthesizes the macro and micro orientations, the studies on the sectoral issues of basic needs, and the calculation of basic needs by single indicators. The politics of basic needs points to the importance of participation for future agenda, while the public policy approach stresses the importance of economic incentives for the future success of the basic needs programme.
Author : American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division
Publisher :
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Indonesia
ISBN :
General study of Indonesia - covers historical and geographical aspects, demographic aspects and social structures, living conditions, mass media, education, religion, cultural factors, labour force, labour relations, trade unions, the standard of living, health services, housing, social security, the economic structure, agriculture, industry, economic relations, trade, etc. Bibliographys, maps and statistical tables.
Author : Mavis Rose
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 29,13 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 6028397245
Mohammad Hatta, the first Vice President and joint proclaimer of the Republic of Indonesia, was a man who devoted almost his entire life to an ideal. From his early years until his death in 1980, the issue of Indonesian freedom overshadowed all other aspects of his life. Hatta's biography depicts the dogged determination, courage, and optimism, required by an Indonesian leader if he were to confront a colonial power and win his country's independence. His life history also portrays the disillusionment and frustration a leader experiences when his life-long democratic ideal is shattered and the new nation reverts to a type of government similar to the one he had dedicated his life to transforming. Indonesian freedom meant more to Hatta than the attainment of national sovereignty; it also demanded an element of social reform. Freedom for Indonesia must also ensure the people's participation in their country's government. Independence must not bring to birth a nation in which the majority of the people would be powerless, as in the colonial period. Hatta's concept of democratic government and social and economic betterment for the people he named kedaulatan rakyat, people's sovereignty. Writing Hatta's biography has been for me an immensely satisfying experience. Since reading his anthology Portrait of a Patriot as a first-year undergraduate, my curiosity to discover more about Hatta has compelled me to research the life of this complex leader who walked in Sukarno's shadow but yet was a "powerhouse" in his own right. I have been aware that it was impossible to discover the whole truth about Hatta, for only a fraction of his life could be uncovered and recorded. There are also formidable barriers dividing me from Hatta, as I am neither an Indonesian nor a Muslim. I have tried to break down some of these obstacles by interaction with Indonesian people, by extensive reading of Indonesian texts, and by a study of Islam. Fortunately Hatta and I have perspectives in common which acted as bridges. I regret very much that I never had the privilege of meeting him, as he died just at the time I commenced my research. - Mavis Rose
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 23,50 MB
Release : 1971
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Rudolf Mrázek
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,9 MB
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0691186936
Based on close reading of historical documents--poetry as much as statistics--and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). In considering technology and the ways that people use and think about things, Rudolf Mrázek invents an original way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature. The central chapters comprise vignettes and take up, in turn, transportation (from shoes to road-building to motorcycle clubs), architecture (from prison construction to home air-conditioning), optical technologies (from photography to fingerprinting), clothing and fashion, and the introduction of radio and radio stations. The text clusters around a group of fascinating recurring characters representing colonialism, nationalism, and the awkward, inevitable presence of the European cultural, intellectual, and political avant-garde: Tillema, the pharmacist-author of Kromoblanda; the explorer/engineer IJzerman; the "Javanese princess" Kartina; the Indonesia nationalist journalist Mas Marco; the Dutch novelist Couperus; the Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer; and Dutch left-wing liberal Wim Wertheim and his wife. In colonial Indies, as elsewhere, people employed what Proust called "remembering" and what Heidegger called "thinging" to sense and make sense of the world. In using this observation to approach Indonesian society, Mrázek captures that society off balance, allowing us to see it in unfamiliar positions. The result is a singular work with surprises for readers throughout the social sciences, not least those interested in Southeast Asia or colonialism more broadly.
Author : United States. Dept. of State
Publisher :
Page : 1158 pages
File Size : 42,15 MB
Release : 1956
Category : China
ISBN :
Author : George McT. Kahin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 38,69 MB
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1501731394
Professor Kahin's classic 1952 study, reprinted for a contemporary audience. An immediate, vibrant portrait of a nation in the age of revolution, featuring interviews with many of the chief players. With new illustrations and a new introduction by Benedict R. O'G. Anderson.
