Official History in Modern Indonesia: New Order Perceptions and Counterviews

by Michael Wood

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 historical research, in popular histories and biographies, in monuments and in school textbooks.
The author describes an official history stretching from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004287973
• ISBN13: 9789004287976
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"