Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and th…
Greetings from Jakarta: Postcards of a Capital 1900-1950 is the most comprehensive visual record of Jakarta ever published covering the first half of the twentieth century which was also the last half century of colonial rule. Four hundred and sixty postcards from the author's own collection are brought together here to reveal a city that has largely vanished and is barely recognizable even to …
Encountering the Past in Nature provides instructive examples of how environmental historians are working with a wide variety of interdisciplinary approaches to shed light on the complex ecological processes of the past. Environmental historians are forging new perspectives by integrating data and insights from both the natural and social sciences in order to write environmentally informed hist…
Sejarah sering kali menghadirkan orang-orang besar. Padahal, peristiwa besar, misalnya kemerdekaan tidaklah lepas dari peran rakyat kebanyakan. Harapan untuk memperkaya narasi sejarah dan historiografi revolusi kemerdekaan Indonesia, terutama melihat peristiwa kemerdekan dari sudut pandang rakyat kebanyakan merupakan alasan buku ini hadir. Buku ini berisi delapan artikel yang disarikan dari kar…
Surat-surat Banten merupakan sumber data paling akurat menjadi gerakan arus sejarah Banten pada awal abad ke-18 sampai awal abad ke-19, karena ditulis oleh pelaku sejarah dan ditulis pada saat peristiwanya terjadi. Meskipun demikian, dari pengamatan atas berbagai kajian tentang Banten, belum banyak peneliti yang memanfaatkannya. Buku Perang, Dagang, dan Persahabatan yang ada di hadapan Anda,…
"Dutch colonialism go to hell!" teriak spanduk yang digantungkan di pagar Kedutaan Belanda di Jakarta oleh para demonstran pada tahun 1960. Sejarah bersama dari Nederland dan Indonesia ditandai oleh pertarungan dan kontroversi. Yang Silam, Yang Pedas, Indonesia dan Belanda Sejak 1600 berkisah tentang masa silam bersama yang panjang ini. Pokok-pokok besar seperti penindasan kolonial, kekerasan, …
Agama Islam tidak dilahirkan di Indonesia, namun justru negara inilah yang memiliki penduduk muslim dengan jumlah terbesar di dunia. Bagaimanakah cara agama ini masuk dan berkembang di antara suku dan budaya yang beragam di nusantara? Fondasi pertanyaan ini kemudian menggerakkan Michael Laffan, Profesor Sejarah di Universitas Princenton, untuk meneliti proses tumbuh kembangnya Islam di Indonesi…
In this volume Anthony Reid positions Southeast Asia on the stage of world history. He argues that the region not only had a historical character of its own, but that it played a crucial role in shaping the modern world. Southeast Asia's interaction with the forces uniting and transforming the world is explored through chapters focusing on Islamization; Chinese, Siamese, Cham and Javanese tr…
How should colonial film archives be read? How can historians and ethnographers use colonial film as a complement to conventional written sources? Sandeep Ray uses the case of Dutch colonial film in Indonesia to show how a critically, historically, and cinematically informed reading of colonial film in the archive can be a powerful and unexpected source—one that is more accessible than ever …
Admirers and critics of the Dutch Colonial regime alike conceded that one of its greatest strengths was its utilization of the Javanese aristocracy as a ruling elite. This book explains the nature and the values of that elite, and the ways in which its functions were gradually changed by Dutch pressure, Western education, and nationalist challenge. Dr. Sutherland argues that the features man…