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Record Nr.

UNINA9910669257603321

Autore

Purdey Jemma <1974->

Titolo

From Vienna to Yogyakarta [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Herb Feith / / Jemma Purdey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kensington, N.S.W., : University of New South Wales Press, 2011

ISBN

1-74223-281-7

1-74224-559-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (585 p.)

Disciplina

320.092

Soggetti

Jewish refugees - Australia

Political scientists - Australia

College teachers - Australia

Pacifists - Australia

Electronic books.

Indonesia Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: -- One: Childhood(1930-45) -- Two: Youth  (1945-51) -- Part 2 -- Three: Going up -  Indonesia (1951-53) -- Four: Engaging Indonesia (1953-56) -- Part 3 -- Five: Cornell years (1957-60) -- Six: Young scholar at work (1960-65) -- Seven: Indonesia's cataclysm (1965-69) -- Part 4 -- Eight: The professorial years(1969-77) -- Nine: Imagining peace (1977-91) -- Part 5 -- Ten: Retirement,  'repatterning' and renewal (1991-2001) -- Requiem -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Herb Feith came to Australia as a Jewish refugee from war-torn Europe in 1939 and went on to become an internationally renowned and passionate scholar of Indonesia. He died tragically in Melbourne in 2001. This engaging biography tells his own extraordinary story and traces his interest in Indonesia, his determination to establish networks of serious study of Indonesia and Southeast Asia and his commitment to peace activism.