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Presents a new approach to heritage formation in Asia, conveying the power of the material remains of the past.
Comments on its cultural traditions and their conflict with Dutch colonizers, and analyzes President Sukarno's political experiment in "Guided Democracy."
Discover Majapahit, the mighty empire in Southeast Asia that many have never heard of. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Majapahit kingdom reigned supreme in eastern Java, and its influence stretched far and wide, throughout present-day Indonesia, parts of the Malay peninsula and the island of Tumasek, now Singapore. Majapahit's army famously repelled Kublai Khan's invasion, and its formidable navy humbled even the renowned Portuguese mariners. Walk the bustling streets of Majapahit, a melting pot of aristocratic Javanese, shaven-head Brahmins, hermits in bark cloth, widows dressed in white, and Chinese, Persian and Arab traders. Discover beautiful temples and imposing palaces, and markets...
Sociale geschiedenis van Indonesiƫ.
Examines Indonesia's political, social, and economic history from earliest ti to the present, arguing that future politico-economic development and improvement require the rational transformation of Indonesia's inherently mystical social character, traditions, and values.