| Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Contents |
Map of the Region -- Preface -- A Note on Non-English Terms -- List of Illustrations -- Timeline of Events -- Map of Present-Day Greater Jakarta -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 From Kelapa to Batavia Pre-1619 -- Chapter 2 Trijntje and Souw Beng Kong1619-1650 -- Chapter 3 Beyond the City Walls1650-1700 -- Chapter 4 A Grisly Execution, an Outbreak of Malariaand a Massacre 1700-1750 -- Chapter 5 The Travails of Slave Girls and Chinatown Reborn 1750-1800 -- Chapter 6 Moving the Capital, British Invasionand the First Taste of Luxury 1800-1850 -- Chapter 7 A Dutch Bestseller, Batavia's Robin Hoodand a New School 1850-1900 -- Chapter 8 The Murder of a Housewife, Japanese Occupation and the Seeds of Independence1900-1950 -- Chapter 9 An Attempted Coup, Deep Purple's Debacle and a Jakarta Love Story1950-2000 -- Chapter 10 Thinking Local: Why Jakarta's Kampung Spirit Can Save the City 2000 onwards |
| Summary |
Jakarta is a fascinating city. Its attraction lies in the incredibly wide variety of people - Indonesians, Chinese, Indians, Arabs and Europeans - who have arrived over the centuries, bringing with them their own habits, folklore and culture. Their descendants have resulted in a vibrant mix of people, most of them making a living along the thousands of small lanes and alleys that criss-cross the kampungs of this enormous city. Artefacts indicate that this area was inhabited from the fifth century. Hundreds of years later, a small trading post on the coast named Kelapa was founded and eventuall |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 05, 2021) |
| Subject |
Social conditions
|
|
Travel
|
| SUBJECT |
Jakarta (Indonesia) -- History
|
|
Jakarta (Indonesia) -- Social conditions
|
|
Jakarta (Indonesia) -- Description and travel
|
| Subject |
Indonesia -- Jakarta
|
| Genre/Form |
History
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9814928011 |
|
9789814928014 |
|
