A History of Modern Indonesia since c.1200

by M.C. Ricklefs

• ISBN13: 9780230546868
• ISBN10: 0230546862
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Trade Paper
• 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 Maps Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Fourth Edition A Note on Orthography Abbreviations PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN ERA The Coming of Islam General Aspects of Pre-Colonial States and Major Empires, c. 1300-1500 The Arrival of the Europeans in Indonesia, c.1509-1620 The Rise of New States, c.1500-1650 Literary, Religions an Cultual Legacies PART II: STRUGGLES FOR HEGEMONY, c. 1630-1800 Eastern Indonesia, c.1630-1800 Western Indonesia, c.1640-1800 Java, c. 1640-82 Java, Madura and the VOC, c.1680-1745 Java and the VOC, c.1745-92 PART III: THE CREATION OF A COLONIAL STATE, c.1800-1910 Java, 1792-1830 Java, 1830-1900 The Outer Islands, c. 1800-1910 PART IV: THE EMERGENCE OF THE IDEA OF INDONESIA, c.1900-42 A New Colonial Age The First Steps Towards National Revival, c.1900-27 Repression and Economic Crisis, 1927-42 PART V: THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COLONIAL STATE, 1942-50 World War II and the Japanese Occupation, 1942-5 The Revolution, 1945-50 PART VI: INDEPENDENT INDONESIA The Democratic Experiment Guided Democracy, 1957-65 Creating the New Order, 1965-75 The New Order at its Peak, 1976-88 The Challenge, Crisis and Collapse of the New Order, 1989-98 Creating a New Democratic Order, 1998-2001 Decentralization, Democracy and Terrorism, 2001-4 Indonesia since 2004 Notes and References Bibliography Maps Index