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Journalism and politics in Indonesia : a critical biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922-2004) as editor and author / David T. Hill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hill, David T., author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 63.
- Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 63
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lubis, Mochtar, 1922-2004.
- Lubis, Mochtar.
- Authors, Indonesian--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, Indonesian.
- Journalists--Indonesia--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Mochtar Lubis was one of Indonesia's best-known newspaper editors, authors and cultural figures, with a national, regional and international prominence that he retained from the early 1950s until his recent death in 2004. This book traces the major events in the life of Mochtar Lubis, which is also a prism through which much of Indonesia's post-independence history can be interpreted. This book is also the story of Indonesia in the second half of the twentieth century, when the people of the archipelago became an independent nation, and when print media and the influential figures who cont
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes; List of illustrations; Part I Early life; 1 Introduction; 2 Bureaucrat's son to nationalist intellectual; Part II The Sukarno period; 3 The 'press of political struggle': The first Indonesia Raya; 4 'Speaking to the World': Author and cultural figure; Part III The Suharto period; 5 The 'golden boy of the New Order': Indonesia Raya re-established; 6 Cultural broker under the New Order; Part IV Denouement; 7 The editor after Indonesia Raya; 8 Conclusion: A life recalled; Postscript: The objecti.cation of Mochtar Lubis; Notes
- GlossaryBibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-16913-6
- 1-135-16914-4
- 1-282-57596-1
- 9786612575969
- 0-203-86178-7
- 9780203861783
- OCLC:
- 609855047
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