Friends and Exiles : A Memoir of the Nutmeg Isles and the Indonesian Nationalist Movement / Des Alwi; Barbara S. Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alwi, Des, author.

Contributor:

Harvey, Barbara S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sjahrir, Sutan, 1909-1966.

Hatta, Mohammad, 1902-1980.

Alwi, Des--Friends and associates.

Alwi, Des--Childhood and youth.

Nationalism--Indonesia--History--20th century.

Nationalism.

Indonesia--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Indonesia.

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

Indonesia--History--20th century--Biography.

Java (Indonesia)--History--20th century--Biography.

Java (Indonesia).

Banda Islands (Indonesia)--History--20th century--Biography.

Banda Islands (Indonesia).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 p. :) ill., map, ports. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Des Alwi tells of his childhood on the eastern Indonesian island of Banda, where he was befriended and adopted by the two nationalist leaders, Mohammad Hatta and Sutan Sjahrir, exiled there by the Dutch colonial regime. He describes his experiences on Banda and Java during the Japanese Occupation and his involvement in the underground struggle for Independence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Map of the Netherlands East Indies

Introduction

1. Family

2. Friends and School

3. Political Exiles in Banda

4. Boats for the Uncles

5. Life with the Exiles

6. Approach of War

7. Japanese Occupation in Banda

8. Leaving Banda

9. Arrival in Jakarta

10. Sjahrir and the Underground

11. Chairil Anwar-the Poet

12. Surabaya and East Java

13. East Java and the Underground

14. End of the Japanese Occupation and Start of the Revolution

Postscript

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501720598

1501720597

OCLC:

1080551000