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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Indonesia," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Indonesia in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Indonesia when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Indonesia, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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This collection of papers by leading Australian and Indonesian scholars provides the first comprehensive examination of regional economic development in Indonesia, and highlights major development issues and constraints. ... Read more

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Offering comprehensive coverage of decentralization in Indonesia, this work contains contributions on a wide range of topics relating to democratization, devolution and the blossoming of local-level politics. ... Read more

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Cool maps of Indonesia for curious minds from ages 7 to 77. Beautifully color printed geography, history, oil, politics, population, religion, satellite views, tsunami, volcanoes and more!If you enjoy reading about history, geography, or Indonesia, you will enjoy this book.A terrific educational resource. ... Read more

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When translated, the 'Orang Suku Laut' means a 'tribe of sea people'.The Orang Suku Laut in Riau traverse an archipelago encompassing over 3,200 islands, alongside many other races from Malays to the Javanese.They have been deemed a backward people by the Indonesian government and local Indonesians, and are seen as alien and dangerous.The Orang Laut however see themselves as indigenous people. Recent plans mooted for developing the archipelago - the Growth Triangle - have raised questions about the implications of displacing local inhabitants. This book focuses upon the predicaments of the Orang Suku Laut in view of the challenges imposed upon them by the emergence of new borders created by the newly created Growth Triangle zone on their maritime world. ... Read more

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Indonesia examines precolonial periods of the country's development, as well as its independence movement. It discusses the economic collapse of the 1990s and how the resultant civil chaos impacted Indonesia's present political and social problems and its neighbors.

This book also looks at the secessionist movements in West Papua and Aceh and the religious conflict in eastern Indonesia. In addition to current events, the coverage focuses on important individuals, from Javanese nobles to President Sukarno, whom some

considered to be a Japanese collaborator during World War II. This is the book to have for an intriguing and enlightening glance at Indonesia.

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'I have read the draft of this book sent to me by the editor. Afterreading this draft, I do think this book is valuable and timely. Itdiscusses the contemporary issues that have worried many people in the present world: terrorism, human rights, Islamic radicalism and theproblem of identity in the Singaporean capitalism. These issues are notdiscussed in the theoretical/abstract way (it also doesn't meant thattheories are not discussed at all), but in the context of variousconcrete societies.The book deals with one of the above issues in Malaysia, Singapore andIndonesia (Aceh and Sumenep in Madura). Each issue is written by a different author that has studied the issue thoroughly. So, the book isa collection of research done by specialists of these issues.Two essays on Southeast Asia (one on health and the other on humansecurity) give the general picture of this region, acting as a broad introduction of the chapters that follow.Each chapter has been written professionally and the readers will learnmany things from each of them. One has to read the chapter in order toreally appreciate them. Therefore I really recommend that this manuscript to be published as a book in order to get a large audience.One shortcoming though, this book deals with three countries only(Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia), albeit these three are theimportant countries in the region. Other important Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, the Philippines and Burma are not discussed individually.With the omission of these countries, it thus can be argued whether thisbook can represent the Southeast Asian region?Also in dealing with Indonesia, the chapters talk on sub-national level,namely on Aceh province and a peripheral city Sumenep in the island ofMadura, East Java, while Malaysia and Singapore are dealt on the levelof nation state.To conclude, even with these shortcomings, this book is still valuable.Therefore I would like to recommend it be published.'Melbourne, 20 June 2007 Arief Budiman, Foundation Professor of Indonesian, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne, Australia ... Read more

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The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, 500 km (310 mi) south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and 975 km (606 mi) ENE of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. It has a population of 1,403 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove (also known as Kampong), Silver City, Poon Saan, and Drumsite. The island?s geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism amongst its flora and fauna, which is of significant interest to scientists and naturalists. Phosphate, deposited as Guano, has been mined on the island for many years. 63% of its 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi) is National Park and there are large areas of primary rainforest. ... Read more

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This atlas highlights the specific features and characteristics of the new country of East Timor. Using statistical documentary resources available since the colonial period, its 136 colorful maps show how material constraints and local, regional, and world stakes have shaped Timor's destiny, both past and present.

On May 20, 2002, East Timor gained independence under the name of Timor Leste or Timor Lorosa'e: Sunrise Timor. This insular ethno-linguistic mosaic wedged between Southeast Asia and Oceania had been a colony of Portugal for four centuries before it was invaded by Indonesian forces in 1975. ... Read more

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Since the late 1960s the Indonesian state of East Kalimantan has witnessed a marked increase in the impact of human activities chiefly commercial logging and agricultural exploitation. Located on the island of Borneo, East Kalimantan also was subjected to prolonged droughts and extensive wildfires in 1982-83 and 1997-98 that were linked to the El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon. The changes in the rainforest ecosystem in East Kalimantan during this 15-year cycle of severe ENSO events are the subject of this book. With an eye toward development of rehabilitation techniques for sustainable forest management, the authors examine possible interactive effects of drought, fire, and human impacts on the flora and fauna of the area. ... Read more