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The Idea of Indonesia: A History | 
| Author: R. E. Elson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 896706
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 394
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0521876486
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.8
EAN: 9780521876483
ASIN: 0521876486
Publication Date: April 7, 2008
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Product Description
Indonesia the nation-state is a miraculous and unlikely construction. At first sight, the material for national unity could not be more unpromising; its history is marred by deep and often bloody internal disputation based on ideology, ethnicity, religion, and region. Yet Indonesia, as concept and as nation-state, endures and is, perhaps, beginning once again to thrive. R. E. Elson, one of the leading figures in the field, seeks to discover the origins of the idea of Indonesia in the mid-nineteenth century and explores its often vexed and troubled trajectory through to the present time. He examines why Indonesia exists, against the odds, as a nation-state, and in what different forms it has existed, seeking to explain the nation's character as it has struggled for unity and purpose. The analysis provides a chronological narrative which examines Indonesian politics, its political elites and their relationship with the Indonesian people.
Book Description
Indonesia the nation-state is a miraculous and unlikely construction. R. E. Elson seeks to discover the origins of the idea of Indonesia in the mid-nineteenth century and explores its often vexed and troubled trajectory through to the present time.
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