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

• Autore: Purdey Jemma <1974->
• Pubblicazione: Kensington, N.S.W., : University of New South Wales Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (585 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.092
• Soggetto topico: Jewish refugees - Australia; Political scientists - Australia; College teachers - Australia; Pacifists - Australia
• Soggetto geografico: Indonesia Politics and government 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: From Vienna to Yogyakarta
• ISBN: 1-74223-281-7; 1-74224-559-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910669257603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II