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Author Klinken, Geert Arend van.

Title The Making of middle Indonesia : middle classes in Kupang town, 1930s-1980s / by Gerry van Klinken.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Brill, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 300 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1572-1892 ; volume 293
Power and place in Southeast Asia ; volume 5
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 293.
Power and place in Southeast Asia ; v. 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index.
Contents Some hidden strength -- A historical synthesis -- A researcher's notes -- Betting on the Rajas (1930s) -- Elite brokers (1934-1950) -- Authority (1950s-1970s) -- The gatekeeper (1950s-1970s) -- The making of middle Indonesia (1962-1965).
Summary What holds Indonesia together? 'A strong leader' is the answer most often given. This book looks instead at a middle level of society. Middle classes in provincial towns around the vast archipelago mediate between the state and society and help to constitute state power. 'Middle Indonesia' is a social zone connecting extremes. This book examines the rise of an indigenous middle class in one provincial town far removed from the capital city. Spanning the late colonial to early New Order periods, it develops an unusual, associational notion of political power. 'Soft' modalities of power included non-elite provincial people in the emerging Indonesian state. At the same time, growing inequalities produced class tensions that exploded in violence in 1965-1966.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Language English.
Subject Middle class -- Indonesia -- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur)
Middle class.
Indonesia -- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur)
City and town life -- Indonesia -- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur)
City and town life.
Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) -- Social conditions.
Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) -- Economic conditions.
Indexed Term Australian
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Power and Place in Southeast Asia vol. 293/5
Making of Middle Indonesia: Middle Classes in Kupang town, 1930s-1980s
Other Form: Print version: Klinken, Geert Arend van. Making of middle Indonesia. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014 9789004265080 9004265082 (DLC) 2013043761
ISBN 9789004265424 (electronic book)
9004265422 (electronic book)
9004265082
9789004265080
9004265422
Standard No. 10.1163/9789004265424