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Author Laffan, Michael Francis, 1969-

Title Islamic nationhood and colonial Indonesia : the umma below the winds / Michael Francis Laffan.

Publication Info. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East
SOAS/RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Middle East.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index.
Contents 1. An ecumene in 'The lands below the winds' -- 2. Arab priests and pliant pilgrims -- 3. The Hijazi experience and direct colonial visions of the heart of the ecumene -- 4. Colonizing Islam and the Western-oriented project of Indies nationhood -- 5. Reorientation among the Jawa of Mecca -- 6. The Jawa and Cairo -- 7. Islamic voices from Singapore, Java, and Sumatra -- 8. Towards an indigenous and Islamic Indonesia -- 9. Indonesia visualized as a fractured umma below the winds -- 10. From the Meccan discourse of a Jawi ecumene to the Cairene discourse of an Indonesian homeland.
Summary This book argues that Indonesian nationalism rested on Islamic ecumenism heightened by colonial rule and the pilgrimage.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Nationalism -- Indonesia -- History.
Nationalism.
Indonesia.
History.
Islam and politics -- Indonesia -- History.
Islam and politics.
Ummah (Islam) -- Indonesia -- History.
Ummah (Islam)
Southeast Asians -- Saudi Arabia -- Hejaz -- History.
Southeast Asians.
Saudi Arabia -- Hejaz.
Southeast Asians -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
Egypt -- Cairo.
Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1798-1942.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1798-1942
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Laffan, Michael Francis, 1969- Islamic nationhood and colonial Indonesia. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 0203297741 0415297575 (DLC) 2002068288 (OCoLC)50294907
ISBN 0203222571 (electronic book)
9780203222577 (electronic book)
9781134430819 (electronic book)
1134430817 (electronic book)
0415297575 (Cloth)