This pioneering volume traces the history of the region which became Indonesia, from early times to the present day, in over three hundred specially drawn full-colour maps with detailed accompanying text. In doing so, the Atlas brings fresh life to the fascinating and tangled history of this immense archipelago.
Beginning with the geographical and ecological forces which have shaped the physical form of the archipelago, the Historical Atlas of Indonesia goes on to chart early human migration and the changing distribution of ethnic groups. It traces the kaleidoscopic pattern of states in early Indonesia and their gradual incorporation into the Netherlands Indies and eventually into the Republic of Indonesia.
Historical Atlas of Indonesia
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Table of Contents
IntroductionTerminology and SpellingBasic Geographic Information1. Landscape and EnvironmentMoving Continents and Fiery MountainsEarth, Wind and WaterEcological Change2. PeoplesThe Origin of Ethnic DiversityLanguageLiteracyWorld ReligionsMigration and EthnicityCities and UrbanizationPopulation3. States and Politics until 1800The Earliest StatesSumatra and the Malay PeninsulaJavaBali and NusatenggaraBorneo (Kalimantan)Sulawesi and Maluka (The Moluccas)Europeans in the Archipelago4. The Netherlands Indies, 1800-1942Conquest and AnnexationAdministrationGovernment, Society and the Rise of a National Consciousness5. War, Revolution and Political Transformation, 1942 to the PresentOccupation and RevolutionTension and Conflict in the Republic, 1950-1966The New OrderForeign RelationsThe End of the New OrderEast Timor
Author Description
Robert Cribb formerly research professor and later director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) in Copenhagen, is Reader in History at the University of Queensland Among his previous works is the Historical Dictionary of Indonesia