| Description |
414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface 1 -- Acknowledgments 5 -- Glossary and Abbreviations 9 -- Prologue 18 -- -- PART 1 PESANTRENAND FAMILY -- 1 Growing up inpesantren and politics, 1940-1963 37 -- 2 Islam in Indonesia: modernists and traditionalists 62 -- -- PART 2 THE MAKING OF AN INTELLECTUAL -- 3 Cairo, Baghdad and Europe, 1963-1971 83 -- 4 The pesantren and reform, 1971-1982 102 -- -- PART 3 ISLAM AND MODERNITY -- 5 Abdurrahman and liberal Islam 119 -- 6 On the brink of change, 1982-1984 132 -- -- -- -- PART 4 CIVIL SOCIETY AND ISLAM -- 7 Reform and controversy, 1984-1990 147 -- 8 Pushing the limits, 1990-1994 179 -- -- PART 5 POLITICS, REFORM AND THE PRESIDENCY -- 9 Contending with Soeharto, 1994-1998 209 -- 10 Islam, politics and elections, 1998-1999 245 -- 11 A brief honeymoon, 1999-2000 285 -- 12 Regime change and the fight for survival, 1999-2001 330 -- -- Epilogue 359 -- Conclusion 366 -- Notes 386 -- References and Further Reading 400 -- Index 404 |
| Summary |
In this authorised biography, much of which is based on unique first hand observation, Greg Barton introduces readers to Abdurrahman Wahid - the Indonesian president for 21 tumultuous months from 1999 to late 2001 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [400]-403 |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web by subscription to netLibrary, Inc. (CEIRC Shared Collection) |
| Subject |
Wahid, Abdurrahman, 1940-2009.
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Presidents -- Indonesia -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1998- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99003241
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
NetLibrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2002491201 |
| ISBN |
0868404055 |
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