Official History in Modern Indonesia : New Order Perceptions and Counterviews /

Official History in Modern Indonesia : New Order Perceptions and Counterviews /

Dealing with New Order perceptions of the past this study gives insights into how the past can be used for purposes of national-building and regime legitimization and into the nature of the New Order. The Suharto regime created a coherent history that is reflected in recent archaeological and histor...

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Main Author: Wood, Michael (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2005.

Series: Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 99.

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Controversies.
Historiography.
Propaganda.

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Call Number: DS643

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Orthography and Sources
  • Preface
  • Chapter One: Using the Past
  • Chapter Two: Heroes and Golden Ages-The Hindu-Buddhist, Islamic and Colonial Past
  • Chapter Three: Revolutions and Coups-The New Order and Modern Indonesian History
  • Chapter Four: Histories in Waiting-Counterviews to the New Order's Version of the Past
  • Chapter Five: Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index.