A Brief History of Indonesia

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"Tim Hannigan's narrative history brims with interest and comes strongly recommended for the traveller and general reader."
—Andrew Beatty, author of A Shadow Falls a^nd After the Ancestors
"Hannigan brushes aside the tourist-guide stereotypes of paradise and pious, colonial pomp to the often threadbare human motives beneath the smiling face of this amazing country."
—Nigel Barley, author of The Innocent Anthropologist
"A deliciously readable canter though the history of the archipelago."
—Elizabeth Pisani, author of Indonesia, Etc.
Indonesia is by far the largest country in Southeast Asia and fourth most populous in the world after the United States. It is also the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes with a rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.
This fascinating book takes the reader through the Hindu-Buddhist years in Java, the arrival of Islam in the archipelago, the Second World War, the postwar... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"Tim Hannigan's narrative history brims with interest and comes strongly recommended for the traveller and general reader."
—Andrew Beatty, author of A Shadow Falls a^nd After the Ancestors
"Hannigan brushes aside the tourist-guide stereotypes of paradise and pious, colonial pomp to the often threadbare human motives beneath the smiling face of this amazing country."
—Nigel Barley, author of The Innocent Anthropologist
"A deliciously readable canter though the history of the archipelago."
—Elizabeth Pisani, author of Indonesia, Etc.
Indonesia is by far the largest country in Southeast Asia and fourth most populous in the world after the United States. It is also the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes with a rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.
This fascinating book takes the reader through the Hindu-Buddhist years in Java, the arrival of Islam in the archipelago, the Second World War, the postwar New Order years, to the separation of East Timor from Indonesia at the start of the twenty-first century. Tim Hannigan tells the story of Indonesia as a narrative of kings, traders, missionaries, soldiers and revolutionaries—featuring stormy sea crossings, fiery volcanoes, and the occasional tiger. For readers who want an entertaining introduction to Asia's most colorful country, this is the perfect read.
Tim Hannigan's first book Murder in the Hindu Kush was shortlisted for the Boardman-Tasker Prize. His second book Rafßes and the British Invasion of Java won the 2013 John Brooks Award. His features and travel articles appear regularly in newspapers and magazines in Indonesia and beyond. Vissza