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A brief history of Indonesia : sultans, spices, and tsunamis : the incredible story of Southeast Asia's largest nation /

"Indonesia is the fabled Spice Islands of every school child's dreams--one of the most colorful and fascinating countries in history. These are the islands that Europeans set out on countless voyages to discover and later fought bitterly over in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. This was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hannigan, Tim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, [2015]
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Point of departure : the archipelago
  • From hobbits to Hinduism : prehistory to Indianisation
  • Empires of imagination : Hindu-Buddhist Java
  • Saints and winners : the arrival of Islam
  • Spice invaders : the Europeans arrive
  • The clash of civilisations : from company to empire
  • Rust en orde : the Dutch East Indies
  • Brave new world : the rise of nationalism
  • Freedom or death : war and revolution
  • Years of living dangerously : the Sukarno era
  • A new order : Suharto, crisis, reform
  • Epilogue : Indonesia, rising.