The history of Indonesia
Title:
The history of Indonesia
Author:
Drakeley, Steven.
ISBN:
9780313014659
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Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxii, 201 p.)
Series:
The Greenwood histories of the modern nations,
Greenwood histories of the modern nations.
Contents:
Early history to the coming of Islam (5000 B.C.E.-1600) -- Indonesia during the colonial era (1600-1940) -- The struggle for independence (1900-1949) -- The Sukarno era (1945-1967) -- The Soeharto era (1966-1998) -- Indonesia after Soeharto (1998- ).
Abstract:
Culturally and politically, Indonesia is one of the more complex countries in the world, with 336 ethnic groups speaking 583 languages and dialects. It is only recently that these people have been contained within one political framework. Throughout most of history, Indonesia's inhabitants were divided politically in many different ways as a bewildering array of kingdoms and empires rose and fell within the region. Since independence in 1945, one of the challenges Indonesia faces is constructing a unified national identity. Through six chapters, Drakeley discusses Indonesian history beginning.
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