Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia

by Jacques Bertrand

Book Overview

Beginning in Roman Britain and ending with Charles II's restoration to the throne, the nineteen essays that comprise this volume are written by leading British and American scholars. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521524415
• ISBN13: 9780521524414
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent scholarship

This is without a doubt the best book on contemporary Indonesia I have read. Unlike other, terrorism-obsessed authors, Bertrand has a strong grasp of fact and critical interpretation. Virtually all of the major issues facing Indonesia during the late- and immediate post-Suharto period are covered in detail and without tiresome attempts to link them into a familiar or currently fashionable narrative, where Indonesia is characterized as a "crucible of terror" or other inaccurate characterization along similar lines... For students of nationalism as a phenomenon, this book also contains one of the most succinct and accurate definitions of what nationalism is you'll find anywhere...