A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1200

by M.C. Ricklefs

• ISBN13: 9780230546851
• ISBN10: 0230546854
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Recognised as the most authoritative general account of Indonesia, this revised and expanded fourth edition has been updated in the light of new scholarship. New chapters at the end of the book bring the story up to the present day, including discussion of recent events such as the 2002 Bali terrorist bombings and the 2004 tsunami.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
The Emergence of the Modern Era	p. 1
The Coming of Islam	p. 3
General Aspects of Pre-colonial States and Major Empires, c. 1300-1500	p. 17
The Arrival of the Europeans in Indonesia, c. 1509-1620	p. 24
The Rise of New States, c. 1500-1650	p. 34
Literary, Religious and Cultural Legacies	p. 55
Struggles for Hegemony, c. 1630-1800	p. 67
Eastern Indonesia, c. 1630-1800	p. 69
Western Indonesia, c. 1640-1800	p. 80
Java, c. 1640-82	p. 86
Java, Madura and the VOC, c. 1680-1745	p. 99
Java and the VOC, c. 1745-92	p. 118
The Creation of a Colonial State, c. 1800-1910	p. 131
Java, 1792-1830	p. 133
Java, 1830-1900	p. 144
The Outer Islands, c. 1800-1910	p. 161
The Emergence of the Idea of Indonesia, c. 1900-42	p. 181
A New Colonial Age	p. 183
The first Steps towards National Revival, c. 1900-27	p. 196
Repression and Economic Crisis, 1927-42	p. 216
The Destruction of the Colonial State, 1942-50	p. 233
The Second World War and the Japanese Occupation, 1942-5	p. 235
The Revolution, 1945-50	p. 248
Independent Indonesia	p. 271
The First Democratic Experiment, 1950-7	p. 273
Guided Democracy, 1957-65	p. 294
Creating the New Order, 1965-75	p. 322
The New Order at its Peak, 1976-88	p. 344
The Challenge, Crisis and Collapse of the New Order, 1989-98	p. 363
Reforming Indonesia, 1998-2004	p. 382
Indonesia since 2004	p. 404
Notes and References	p. 414
Bibliography	p. 433
Maps	p. 463
Index	p. 473
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