From Vienna to Yogyakarta : the life of Herb Feith / Jemma Purdey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purdey, Jemma, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feith, Herbert.

Jewish refugees--Australia--Biography.

Jewish refugees.

Political scientists--Australia--Biography.

Political scientists.

College teachers--Australia--Biography.

College teachers.

Pacifists--Australia--Biography.

Pacifists.

Indonesia--Politics and government--20th century.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kensington, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2011.

Summary:

Herb Feith came to Australia as a Jewish refugee from war-torn Europe in 1939 and went on to become an internationally renowned and passionate scholar of Indonesia. He died tragically in Melbourne in 2001. This engaging biography tells his own extraordinary story and traces his interest in Indonesia, his determination to establish networks of serious study of Indonesia and Southeast Asia and his commitment to peace activism.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1:

One: Childhood(1930-45)

Two: Youth (1945-51)

Part 2

Three: Going up - Indonesia (1951-53)

Four: Engaging Indonesia (1953-56)

Part 3

Five: Cornell years (1957-60)

Six: Young scholar at work (1960-65)

Seven: Indonesia's cataclysm (1965-69)

Part 4

Eight: The professorial years(1969-77)

Nine: Imagining peace (1977-91)

Part 5

Ten: Retirement, 'repatterning' and renewal (1991-2001)

Requiem

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781742240534

1742240534

9781742232812

1742232817

9781742245591

1742245595

OCLC:

742692180