Gangsters and Revolutionaries. The Jakarta People's Militia and the Indonesian Revolution 1945-1949.
by CRIBB, ROBERT
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Honolulu.: University of Hawai'i Press.. 1991.. Maps and plans, black and white photographic plates, xiii + 222pp, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Traces the story of the People's Militia of Greater Jakarta from its origins as a loose network of petty criminals and labour bosses in the slums of urban Jakarta and the feudal estates of the surrounding countryside, to its destruction at the hands of the Indonesian army in the late 1940s.
Also examines the social basis of the Indonesian revolution, especially the ways in which the revolutionary forces made use of existing social structures in mobilising a popular following." (Publisher's description). .
Also examines the social basis of the Indonesian revolution, especially the ways in which the revolutionary forces made use of existing social structures in mobilising a popular following." (Publisher's description). .
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- Title
- Gangsters and Revolutionaries. The Jakarta People's Militia and the Indonesian Revolution 1945-1949.
- Author
- CRIBB, ROBERT
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press.
- Place of Publication
- Honolulu.
- Date Published
- 1991.
- Keywords
- History, Indonesia, Politics, revolutions & coups, Society, Southeast Asia, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books, zz_ListOn_eBay
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