Indonesia Books


Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History Best Price: $3.00 I give the author 2 stars for taking on an interesting topic and having done exhaustive research...	The Balinese (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) Best Price: $28.01 Lansing does something that few anthropologists can do with ethnography. He applies his...	A Short History of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm (A Short History of Asia series) Best Price: $10.33 Sent to my son per his request. He thought book was very good. I cannot give you much more...	Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors Best Price: $3.47 As a lover of military history, and WWII in particular, I was eager to read another great sea...	Bali, Sekala and Niskala, Vol. 1: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art Best Price: $15.00 I am Balinese and live in Ubud in the cultural center of Bali. In the Eighties I used to see...



Music in Bali: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music Series) Best Price: $19.95 Music in Bali is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking...	Christian Moderns: Freedom and Fetish in the Mission Encounter (The Anthropology of Christianity) Best Price: $18.50 Across much of the postcolonial world, Christianity has often become inseparable from ideas and...	A History of Modern Indonesia Best Price: $17.00 1. History is best told when it isn't a litany of dates and places and names. 2. History is...	Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks) Best Price: $19.35 Crucial to understanding Islam is a recognition of the role of Muslim networks. The earliest...	Notes on Love in a Tamil Family Best Price: $17.99 This is a readable, interesting, thought-provoking and emotionally involving book with much...



Krakatoa CD: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 Best Price: $14.98 Gratuitous slaps at creation science didn't help to positively influence my opinion of this...	Genocide and Resistance in Southeast Asia: Documentation, Denial, and Justice in Cambodia and East Timor Best Price: $26.00	Indonesia: Peoples and Histories Best Price: $15.19 This book spends less than 60 pages describes the rich and diverse pre-Islamic past of...	A Not-So-Distant Horror: Mass Violence In East Timor Best Price: $16.47 This is a great book. It tells an important story, and powerfully combines facts and analysis....	Balinese Dance, Drama and Music: A Guide to the Performing Arts of Bali Best Price: $21.84 Wonderful book. Very nicely put together. Offers an intelligent introduction to all aspects of...

Feet to the Fire: CIA Covert Operations in Indonesia, 1957-1958 (Special Warfare Series) Best Price: $21.66 It's true, the US is always up to something both at home and abroad. Sometimes...	WOMEN SHAPING ISLAM: Reading the Qu'ran in Indonesia Best Price: $23.93 Written by Pieternella Van Doorn-Harder (associate professor of Islam and World Religions,...	Music in Central Java: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture Includes CD (Global Music) Best Price: $18.53 This book is beautifully produced, with a well-organized introduction to the development and...	In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the Edge of Chaos Best Price: $3.55 A must read for anyone interested in Indonesia. Superb historical accounts, on the ground...	Indonesian Destinies Best Price: $18.00 Indonesia is a vast archipelago of 17,000 islands, 14,000 of which are inhabited, stretching...

Worshiping Siva and Buddha: The Temple Art of East Java Best Price: $39.00 Their imposing neighbors in Central Java -- beautiful Borobudur, with its beguiling tale of...	Britain's Secret War: The Indonesian Confrontation 1962 - 66 (Men-at-Arms) Best Price: $7.95 This interesting account of the military operations that afflicted British forces in Malaysia...	Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan: The Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942 Best Price: $31.50 A great book about a relatively unknown aspect of WWII. Where's the one on the Dutch Army Air...	Archipelago : Islands of Indonesia Best Price: $25.88 The books goes through all the major parts of Indonesia and shows plenty of well-selected...	Rumphius' Orchids: Orchid Texts from "The Ambonese Herbal" Best Price: $4.50 Rumphius (1627-1702), founder of Indonesian botanical exploration and one of the greatest...

Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'Etat in Indonesia (New Perspectives in Se Asian Studies) Best Price: $23.92 Between 1965 and 1967 more than 1 million mostly Chinese Indonesians were murdered under the...	Indonesia: 500 Early Postcards Best Price: $26.17 This is a really nice overview with superb cards of colonial Indonesia. It is a lot of fun to go...	Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas (Periplus Travel Guides) Best Price: $16.38 The author and photographers of "Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas" have done a...	Adventuring in Indonesia: Java,Bali, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Irian Jaya Best Price: $68.30 Despite the promising title this book contains little extra information on trekking and other...	Reformasi: The Struggle for Power in Post-Soeharto Indonesia Best Price: $23.70 I work with the government in Indonesia from time to time on financial matters. Very often,...

Balinese Masks: Spirits of An Ancient Drama Best Price: $14.56 Not a great resource , the Balinese have a bottomless amount of masks and characters, this book...	Negara: The Theatre State In Nineteenth-Century Bali Best Price: $23.00 Geertz, a social anthropologist at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, is...	The Dark Side of Paradise: Political Violence in Bali (Asia East By South Series) Best Price: $22.00 The Bali of tourists and ethnographers is a enchanting vision of harmony among gods, nature and...	Masters of Terror: Indonesia's Military and Violence in East Timor (World Social Change) Best Price: $8.97 Few American readers will be familiar with East Timor. But for 30 years, since Indonesia's...	Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968 Best Price: $44.00 Offering the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, ...

Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands	Wars Within The Story of Tempo an Independent Magazine in Soehartos Indonesia Best Price: $16.95 This is a real page-turner, not just for its great narrative drive but also as a real education...	Not a Hazardous Sport Best Price: $34.88 Obviously, there is more to anthropology than simply going to some faraway land and relating...	Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia Best Price: $18.00 This is without a doubt the best book on contemporary Indonesia I have read. Unlike other,...	A History of Modern Indonesia Since C. 1300 Best Price: $39.90 For a book that bills itself as a basic text I found this history oddly treading very lightly...

Batik: Design, Style, & History Best Price: $18.35 Batik: Design, Style & History is both a history and a photographic showcase of Batik...	Borobudur (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)	After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist (The Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures) Best Price: $12.69 I developed a strong preference for Geertz and his methodology during my undergraduate studies....	Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses (Topics in Contemporary Buddhism) Best Price: $42.00 This book is detailed, but not hard to read. I enjoyed it.	Making Scenes: Reggae, Punk, and Death Metal in 1990s Bali Best Price: $20.77 In 1996, Emma Baulch went to live in Bali to do research on youth culture. Her chats with young...

Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes In World War II (Transitions--Asia and Asian America) Best Price: $21.87 The most outstanding attribute of this book is its honest depiction of Japan's atrocities. The...	A Gamelan Manual: A player's guide to the central Javanese gamelan Best Price: $30.16 Richard Pickvance's book "A Gamelan Manual" should be required reading for anyone...	Toward A New Paradigm: Recent Developments in Indonesian Islamic Thought Current, and evidence of what many continue to miss about Islamic thought, this 1996 publication...	The Army and Politics in Indonesia (Revised Edition) Best Price: $29.95 "A comprehensive description of the Indonesian Army's history of political involvement....	Dutch Mennonite Mission in Indonesia: Historical Essays (Occasional Papers (Institute of Mennonite Studies (Elkhart, Ind.)), No. 22.)

Representing the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia: Personal Testimonies and Public Images in Indonesia, Japan, and the Netherlands Best Price: $74.81 Rather than a history of the war and occupation of Indonesia during the years 1942-1945,...	Sumatra: Its History and People (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks) The fourth largest island in the world and home of the orangutan and flying fox, Sumatra has a...	Golddiggers, Farmers, and Traders in the Chinese Districts of West Kalimantan, Indonesia (Studies on Southeast Asia, No. 34) Best Price: $30.00 This study examines the changing role of the Chinese community of West kalimantan, particularly...	Reluctant Saviour: Australia, Indonesia and the Independence of East Timor (Scribe Short Books) Best Price: $18.99 Exposing the role of the so-called Jakarta Lobby—Australian officials whose policies...	Messages in Stone: Statues and Sculptures from Tribal Indonesia Best Price: $33.64 The Southeast Asian archipelago includes numerous islands that are strewn with stone monuments...

Surabaya City Of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900-2000 (Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series) Best Price: $22.97	Fabric of Enchantment: Batik from the North Coast of Java Best Price: $25.00	Batik: Fabled Cloth of Java Best Price: $20.43 A wonderfully rich book on batik, including valuable contributions by Indonesians. This will...	The Roots of Acehnese Rebellion, 1989-1992 (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project) (Cornell Modern Indonesia Project) Best Price: $16.00 An analysis of the most recent uprising in Aceh, showing how central government exploitation of...

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