Twentieth-century Indonesia

Twentieth-century Indonesia
Author: Wilfred T. Neill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 413
Release: 1973
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780231035477

The ecology, geography, foreign relations, and ethnic diversity of the Asian island group are examined as the author traces its history from Dutch colonial times to independence

The Kenpeitai in Java and Sumatra

The Kenpeitai in Java and Sumatra
Author: Barbara Gifford Shimer
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN: 6028397105

This collection of memoirs by the Japanese military police (the Kenpeitai) of World War II is often infuriating and frustrating (these disciplined and fanatical former officers freely terrorized and repressed the native populations of Southeast Asia for such crimes as Marxism, Islam, and nationalism). Yet they are documents of great historical significance. The men are self-deceiving and self-glorifying rather than apologetic or self-critical, but the reader is allowed a rare glimpse of what a mind or mind-set justifies to itself during a state of war. These memoirs (only certain Indonesian sections are published here) clarify obscure motives and historical moments of the events during the Pacific War and the Japanese occupation.

Karawitan

Karawitan
Author: Judith Becker
Publisher: U OF M CENTER FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN STUDI
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0472038206

The twentieth century has spawned a great interest in Indonesian music, and now books, articles, and manuscripts can be found that expound exclusively about karawitan (the combined vocal and instrumental music of the gamelan). Scholar Judith Becker has culled several key sources on karawitan into three volumes and has translated them for the benefit of the Western student of the gamelan tradition. The texts in her collection were written over a forty-five-year time period (ca 1930–1975) and include articles by Martopangrawit, Sumarsam, Sastrapustaka, Gitosaprodjo, Sindoesawarno, Poerbapangrawit, Probohardjono, Warsadiningrat, Purbodiningrat, Poerbatjaraka, and Paku Buwana X. The final volume also contains a glossary of technical terms, an appendix of the Javanese cipher notations (titilaras kepatihan), a biographical listing, and an index to the musical pieces (Gendhing).

Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation

Third World Colonialism and Strategies of Liberation
Author: Awet Tewelde Weldemichael
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107031230

This book shows how Eritrea and East Timor developed sophisticated strategies to liberate their countries from colonialism, and emphasizes that these insurgencies avoided terrorism.