With remarkable scope and in scrupulous detail, Professor Anderson analyzes the Indonesian revolution of 1945. Against the background of Javanese culture and the Japanese occupation, he explores the origins of the revolutionary youth groups, the military, and the political parties to challenge … [Read more...]
Amir Sjarifoeddin
October 30, 2025 by
Amir Sjarifoeddin explores the experiences of a central figure in the Indonesian revolution, whose life mirrored the idealism and contradictions of the anti-colonial and post-war world of twentieth century Indonesia. Amir was born at the edge of an empire in a time of change. Imprisoned by the … [Read more...]
Domestic Nationalism
October 30, 2025 by
Chiara Formichi argues that Muslim women in Java and Sumatra, from the late 1910s to the 1950s, were central to Indonesia's progress as guardians and promoters of health and piety through gendered activities of care work. While sidelined in the Dutch colonial project of hygienic modernity, women's … [Read more...]
Indonesia
October 29, 2025 by
For forty years, Walter Reed carried the story he was meant to tell—of a time, a place, and a journey that shaped him forever. As a young Marine Security Guard stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Reed found himself caught between two worlds: the tight-knit brotherhood of his detachment and … [Read more...]
Campaigning in Europe for a Free Indonesia
October 20, 2025 by
Campaigning in Europe for a Free Indonesia explores Indonesian transnational political networks in the late colonial period, connecting the history of Indonesian nationalism with that of anticolonial internationalism and transnational activism. This book adds an international dimension to our … [Read more...]
