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The Making of Middle Indonesia : Middle Classes in Kupang Town, 1930s-1980s / Gerry van Klinken.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klinken, Geert Arend van, author.
- Series:
- Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; Volume 293.
- Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Series ; Volume 293
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class--Indonesia--Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur).
- Middle class.
- City and town life--Indonesia--Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur).
- City and town life.
- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)--Economic conditions.
- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia).
- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 300 pages ) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brill 2014
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- What holds Indonesia together? 'A strong leader' is the answer most often given. This book looks instead at a middle level of society. Middle classes in provincial towns around the vast archipelago mediate between the state and society and help to constitute state power. 'Middle Indonesia' is a social zone connecting extremes. The Making of Middle Indonesia examines the rise of an indigenous middle class in one provincial town far removed from the capital city. Spanning the late colonial to early New Order periods, it develops an unusual, associational notion of political power. 'Soft' modalities of power included non-elite provincial people in the emerging Indonesian state. At the same time, growing inequalities produced class tensions that exploded in violence in 1965-1966.
- Contents:
- Some hidden strength
- A historical synthesis
- A researcher's notes
- Betting on the Rajas (1930s)
- Elite brokers (1934-1950)
- Authority (1950s-1970s)
- The gatekeeper (1950s-1970s)
- The making of middle Indonesia (1962-1965).
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on July 02, 2020.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26542-2
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