ASAA Southeast Asia Series – serie
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11 produkter
Development Professionals in Northern Thailand
Hope, Politics and Power
Häftad, 2012
338 kr
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Development promises higher incomes, better livelihoods, social justice and emancipation, but decades of good intentions have left hill communities in Northern Thailand with high rates of drug addiction and poverty, and a loss of traditional knowledge and values.A former volunteer and development …
To Remain Myself
The History of Onghokham
Av David Reeve
Häftad, 2022
392 kr
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This is a particularly vivid biography of a remarkable individual, an Indonesian historian and public intellectual who was both a public figure and a multi-minority member, being Dutch-educated, Indonesian Chinese, gay, alcoholic, irreligious and hedonist, in a conservative society. This biography …
Workers and Democracy
The Indonesian Labour Movement, 1949-1957
Häftad, 2022
395 kr
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This book is a study of workers activism and labour unions in the eight years between the recognition of Indonesian sovereignty by the Netherlands at the end of December 1949 and the nationalisation of Dutch assets in December 1957. It contributes to a re-evaluation of the era of liberal …
Other Malays
Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism in the Modern Malay World
Av Joel S. Kahn
Häftad, 2006
328 kr
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The narrative of Malay identity devised by Malay nationals, writers and film makers in the late colonial period associated Malayness with the village or kampung, envisaged as static, ethnically homogenous, rural, etc.Joel Kahn challenges the kampung version of Malayness, arguing that it ignores the …
Contours of Mass Violence in Indonesia, 1965-1968
Av Douglas Kammen, Katherine McGregor
Häftad, 2012
338 kr
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The so-called counter coup by General Suharto in 1965 unleashed three years of mass violence aimed at destroying the social bases of President Sukarno's left-leaning Guided Democracy and establishing a military regime that was authoritarian and pro-Western. In the process, hundreds of thousands of …
Squatters Into Citizens
The 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore
Av Loh Kah Seng
Häftad, 2013
352 kr
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The crowded, bustling, 'squatter' kampongs so familiar across Southeast Asia have long since disappeared from Singapore, leaving few visible traces of their historical influence on the life in the city-state. In one such settlement, located in an area known as Bukit Ho Swee, a great fire in 1961 …
Being Malay in Indonesia
Histories, Hopes and Citizenship in the Riau Archipelago
Häftad, 2013
370 kr
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In 1999, the people of Indonesia's Riau Archipelago were angry. Resentful of decades of "internal colonialism" by Mainland Sumatra, and concerned that they lacked the education and skills to flourish in a globalised world, they dreamed of inhabiting a province of their own. When the …
Money, Power and Ideology
Political Parties in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia
Häftad, 2013
342 kr
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Are political parties the weak link in Indonesia's young democracy? More pointedly, do they form a giant cartel to suck patronage resources from the state? Indonesian commentators almost invariably brand the country's parties as corrupt, self-absorbed, and elitist, while most scholars argue that …
Khmer Lands of Vietnam
Environment, Cosmology and Sovereignty
Häftad, 2014
342 kr
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The indigenous people of Southern Vietnam, known as the Khmer Krom, occupy territory over which Vietnam and Cambodia have competing claims. Regarded with ambivalence and suspicion by nationalists in both countries, these in-between people have their own claims on the place where they live and a …
Taming the Wild
Aborigines and Racial Knowledge in Colonial Malaya
Häftad, 2015
352 kr
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In Malaysia race is viewed not as an external attribute attached to a person but rather as an innate characteristic. Starting from this foundation, race and indigeneity have featured prominently in Malaysian politics throughout the post-war era, influencing both the civil status and property rights …
Being Malay in Indonesia
Histories, Hopes and Citizenship in the Riau Archipelago
Häftad, 2013
381 kr
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In 1999, the people of Indonesia's Riau Archipelago were angry. Resentful of decades of 'internal colonialism' by Mainland Sumatra, and concerned that they lacked the education and skills to flourish in a globalised world, they dreamed of inhabiting a province of their own. When the …
