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Hannigan Tim |
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A brief history of Indonesia : Sultans, spices, and tsunamis : the incredible story of Southeast Asia's largest nation / / Tim Hannigan |
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Tokyo ; ; Rutland, Vermont ; ; Singapore : , : Tuttle Publishing, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-282) and index. |
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Point of departure : the archipelago -- From hobbits to Hinduism : prehistory to Indianisation -- Empires of imagination : Hindu-Buddhist Java -- Saints and winners : the arrival of Islam -- Spice invaders : the Europeans arrive -- The clash of civilisations : from company to empire -- Rust en orde : the Dutch East Indies -- Brave new world : the rise of nationalism -- Freedom or death : war and revolution -- Years of living dangerously : the Sukarno era -- A new order : Suharto, crisis, reform -- Epilogue : Indonesia, rising. |
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Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest ArchipelagoIndonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the Island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes that has a long and rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.Indonesia is the fabled ""Spice Islands"" of every school child's dreamsone of the most colorful and f |
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