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Sino–Malay Trade Southeast Asian Locating Southeast Islam and the

and Diplomacy Lives Asia State in Indonesia
Personal Narratives and Geographies of Knowledge Bahtiar Effendy
from the Tenth
through the Historical Experience and Politics of Space “Bahtiar’s narrative and analysis
Edited by Paul H. Kratoska, is lucid, detailed and admirably
Fourteenth Century Edited by Roxana Waterson balanced. . . . an authoritative
Remco Raben, and
Derek Heng These histories are from the period of and thoughtful contribution on
Henk Schulte Nordholt
European colonialism, through the war- Indonesian Islamic politics.
“A welcome and important time occupation by the Japanese, “This is a book brimming with impor- —Inside Indonesia
addition to the literature on to the new nation states. tant topics and new approaches
No. 109  •  2004  250 pages
the history of maritime trade to students of Southeast Asia to
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during the first age of global examine and debate. All of the essays
978-0-89680-250-6  pb $28.95 
trade. Using a remarkably will be useful in university courses
broad array of sources, from Copublished by NUS Press
at the undergraduate and graduate
Chinese and Southeast Asian
written accounts through Winner of the 2008
levels.”—Indonesia Tensions of Empire
Harry J. Benda Prize No. 111   •  2005  350 pages, illus.
the archaeological record (of 978-0-89680-242-1  pb $28
Japan and Southeast
shipwrecks in particular) to The Komedie Copublished by NUS Press Asia in the Colonial and
economic sources which he
skillfully mines, Professor Heng Stamboel Postcolonial World
Ken’ichi Goto
offers the first comprehensive Popular Theater in Colonial Power Plays Edited with an introduction
history of Sino-Malay trade in Indonesia, 1891–1903
the pre-European period. This Wayang Golek Puppet Theater by Paul H. Kratoska
Matthew Isaac Cohen of West Java
is a notable achievement.” “This is an excellent collection of
—John W. Chaffee, author of “This book makes an important Andrew N. Weintraub articles written by Japan’s foremost
Branches of Heaven: A History of contribution to the literature both on historian of Japan’s evolving relations
the Imperial Clan of Sung China Indonesian theater and on the cultural “I know of no other study of
with Southeast Asia during the 20th
history of the Netherlands Indies con­temporary performing arts
No. 121  •  2009  304 pages century.”—The Japan Times
around the turn of the twentieth in Indonesia that goes so deeply
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Surabaya, City
of Work
New Terrains in Secrets Need Words A Socioeconomic History,
Southeast Asian Indonesian Poetry, 1900–2000
H. W. Dick
History 1966–1998
“With its explicit emphasis on long-
Edited and translated
Edited by Abu Talib Ahmad term trends and the socio-political
by Harry Aveling
and Tan Liok Ee context, it is a readable book for
“Secrets Need Words provides an the general student of Indonesia or
New Terrains in Southeast Asian
intriguing glimpse into Indonesian urban history. At the same time the
History captures the richness and
poetry . . . this book succeeds in the richness of the data presented, and
diversity of historical discourse among
best way possible—it leaves the reader the sophis­tication of his judgment,
scholars.
wanting more.”—Pacific Reader make it a rewarding source for the
No. 107  •  2003  480 pages
978-0-89680-228-5  pb $35 No. 105   •  2001  328 pages specialist.”—Heather Sutherland
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Copublished by NUS Press No. 106  •  2002  480 pages, illus.
En face, English and Indonesian 978-0-89680-221-6  pb $30
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The Memoir of a Chinese-Indonesian

Family in the Twentieth Century

BitterSweet Burma’s Mass Lay Realizing the Dream Wartime in Burma

The Memoir of a Chinese Meditation of R. A. Kartini A Diary, January
to June 1942
Indonesian Family Movement Her Sisters’ Letters from
in the Twentieth Century Colonial Java By Theippan Maung Wa
Buddhism and the Cultural Edited by L. E. Bagshawe
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Jordt combines an insider’s iety for the safety of his family,
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comprehension of Buddhist the bombing of Rangoon, and
resource for studying Indonesian knows more about Kartini and her
meditation with a capacity to stand what happened to them dur-
history and the Chinese Diaspora. family than anyone else in the world
back and take a wider view. The ing the next six chaotic months
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Being “Dutch”
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Ulbe Bosma and Remco Raben Colonial History
Translated by Wendie Shaffer
Agriculture
in Indonesia
In telling the story of the Creole
and the World Inez Hollander
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ment archives, newspapers, and
literary works as well as genealogical
2000 grips with her family’s past by
weaving together personal
studies that follow the fortunes of Economic Structures in records with historical and
individual families over generations. a Southeast Asian State literary accounts of the period.
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Copublished by NUS Press analyzes long-term changes
in agricultural production
Television, Nation, and rural society, examining
how they shaped the national
and Culture in Indonesian economy.
Indonesia No. 118  •  2008  442 pages
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Philip Kitley
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