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
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Power and place in Southeast Asia ; volume 5
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Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 293.
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Power and place in Southeast Asia ; v. 5.
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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)
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Middle class. |
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Indonesia -- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur) |
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City and town life -- Indonesia -- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur)
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City and town life. |
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Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) -- Social conditions.
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Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) -- Economic conditions.
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Indexed Term |
Australian |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Title |
Power and Place in Southeast Asia vol. 293/5 |
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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) |
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9004265422 (electronic book) |
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9004265082 |
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9789004265080 |
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9004265422 |
Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004265424 |
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