Minorities, modernity and the emerging nation : Christians in Indonesia, a biographical approach 9789067181518, 906718151X

"This study traces the lives of five politically active Indonesian Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, spanni

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Minorities, modernity and the emerging nation : Christians in Indonesia, a biographical approach
9789067181518, 906718151X

Contention has surrounded the status of minorities throughout Indonesian history. Two broad polarities are evident: one

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How contested notions of modernity, civilization and being governed were envisioned through the aid of photography.

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The fall of President Soeharto in May 1998 and the introduction of multi-party democracy by President BJ Habibie have un

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The main actors in Indonesia's business landscape have long been assumed to be the country's Chinese minority.

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Every epoch produces its own notions of social change, and the post-Communist societies of Eastern Europe are no excepti

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Religious and ethnic violence between Indonesia's Muslims and Christians escalated dramatically just before and aft

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Islam and Nation presents a fascinating study of the genesis, growth and decline of nationalism in the Indonesian provin

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Economic modernity is so closely associated with nationhood that it is impossible to imagine a modern state without an e

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This is the first detailed study in English of the city of Canton (Guangzhou), the cradle of the Chinese revolution, in

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