Pt. 1 Introductory -- Country and people -- Problems of studying Indonesian history -- pt. 2 Indonesia before the eighteenth century -- Early Indonesian history -- Coming of Islam -- Early European penetration -- pt. 3 Deepening western penetration -- Indonesia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Ethical policy and twentieth century Indonesian society -- pt. 4 Nationalism and independence -- Rise of the nationalist movement - War and occupation -- Struggle for independence -- After independence