| Description |
xvi, 266 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 22 cm |
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3 1/2 in |
| Series |
Short history of Asia series |
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Short history of Asia series.
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| Contents |
1. A snug little amphitheatre: The Balinese setting -- 2. Moonset at Pejeng: Glimpses of Balinese prehistory -- 3. From Indianisation to the Majapahit Empire (ninth to sixteenth centuries) -- 4. The Balinese state to the eve of Dutch control (seventeenth to nineteenth centuries) -- 5. The Dutch arrive: From first contact to final conquest (1597-1908) -- 6. Pax and poverty Neerlandica (1908-1942) -- 7. The world discovers Bali (1902-1942) -- 8. Occupation, revolution and bloodbath (1942-1966) -- 9. Dictatorship, democracy and the evolution of tourism (1966-2002) -- 10. Bali in the twenty-first century: New challenges, including terrorism -- 11. Some closing thoughts |
| Summary |
"A Short History of Bali covers the entire history of this intriguing and mysterious island, from before the Bronze Age to the presidency of Megawati Sukarnoputri and the tragedy of the Kuta bombings on 12 October 2002. It looks at the arrival of Indian culture, early European contact, the role of anthropologists and taste-makers of the 1930s in romanticising the island, and the complex legacies of Dutch control. It tells of the Japanese Occupation, the Indonesian Revolution, the massacres of 1965-66, and the onset of mass tourism under the Soeharto regime. Finally, it looks at recent economic progress, as well as its flip side - environmental problems generated by population - growth and massive tourist development. It also draws on Balinese opinion about the meaning of the island's past and its future in the new Indonesian democracy."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Indonesia |
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Bali |
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History |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also published as an electronic book (Etitle) by James Bennett Pty. Ltd., in 2004 with ISBN 1741152771 |
| Subject |
Hinduism -- Indonesia -- Bali (Province)
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Hinduism -- Indonesia -- Bali Island.
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| SUBJECT |
Bali Island (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011173 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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Bali Island (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011173 -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436
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Bali (Indonesia : Province) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80015517 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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Bali (Indonesia : Province) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80015517 -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436
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Bali (Indonesia : Province) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80015517 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Bali Island (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011173 -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663
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Bali Island (Indonesia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011173 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Author |
James Bennett Pty. Ltd
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| LC no. |
2004401122 |
| ISBN |
1865088633 : |
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