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Author Mrázek, Rudolf.

Title Engineers of happy land : technology and nationalism in a colony / Rudolf Mrázek
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description xvii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Princeton studies in culture/power/history
Princeton studies in culture/power/history.
Contents 1. Language as Asphalt -- Bare Feet -- Hard and Clean Roads -- Struggle for the Roads -- Language-game -- Bahasa Indonesia, "Indonesian Language" -- 2. Towers -- Homes on Wheels and Floating Homes -- The Cities -- The Camps -- The Towers -- 3. From Darkness to Light -- The City of Light -- Dactyloscopy -- The Floodlight -- The Sublime -- The Mirror -- 4. Indonesian Dandy -- The Dolls -- The Modern Times -- Nationalism and the Birth of the Dandy -- The Death of the Dandy -- The Parade -- 5. Let Us Become Radio Mechanics -- The Metaphor -- The Thing -- The Voice -- The Closed Circuits -- The Mechanics -- Epilogue: Only the Deaf Can Hear Well -- Sjahrir Recalled -- Memories of Holland -- Time in Three Dimensions -- Bacteria -- The Splendid Radio -- The Mouth of Karundeng -- Sportsmen-Dandies-Jokers-Engineers -- Ear Culture -- The Happy End
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Technology -- Social aspects -- Indonesia.
Nationalism and technology -- Indonesia.
Nationalism -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT Indonesia -- History -- 1798-1942. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065744
Indonesia -- Civilization http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065734 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476
LC no. 2001036860
ISBN 0691091617 alkaline paper
0691091625 paperback alkaline paper
Other Titles Technology and nationalism in a colony