Global Indonesia

In the nineteenth century, colonial rule brought the modern world closer to the Indonesian peoples, introducing mechanized transport, all-weather roads, postal and telegraph communications, and steamship networks that linked Indonesia's islands to each other, to Europe and the Middle East. This book looks at Indonesia's global importance, and traces the entwining of its peoples and economies with the wider world.

Auteur

Jean Gelman Taylor teaches Indonesian and Southeast Asia History, Islamic Civilisation, and Historiography at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research interests include the social history of colonialism and Indonesia in the modern world.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Globalization and Indonesia 2. Early Encounters: Archaic Globalization 3. The Global Corporation comes to Indonesia 4. Colonialism: Agent for Modern Globalization 5. Colonial Regimes: Creators of the Modern Indonesian 6. Coming of Age:Post-Colonial Globalization 7. Competing Globalizations 8. Conclusion: Oscillations