An Introduction To Indonesian Historiography

In the first major work on Indonesian historiography to have appeared in any language, twenty-two outstanding scholars survey available source materials in Asia and Europe and discuss the current state of Indonesian historical scholarship, the approaches and methods that might be fruitful for future research, and the problems that confront Indonesian historians today. The contributions which can be made to historical studies by other disciplines - such as economics, sociology, anthropology, and international law - are discussed by specialists in these fields. Problems of Indonesian historiography are presented not only from points of view of the diff erent social sciences, but also from those of historians who differ in approach and interpretation from one another. This unique work, now brought back to life in Equinox Publishing's Classic Indonesia series, proves to be great value to historians and social scientists as an introduction to both sources for and diff erent approaches to the history of an important part of the world. Edited by one of Indonesia's leading scholars, Soedjatmoko, as well as Mohamad Ali, G.J. Resnik and George McT. Kahin, An Introduction to Indonesian Historiography features contributions from John Bastin, C.C. Berg, Buchari, J.C. Bottoms, C.R. Boxer, L. Ch. Damais, Hoesein Djajadiningrat, H.J. de Graf, Graham Irwan, Koichi Kishi, Koentjaraningrat, Ruth T. McVey, J. Noorduyn, J.M. Romein, R. Soekmono, Tjan Tjoe Som, F.J.E. Tan, W.F. Wertheim and P.J. Zoetmulder.

Table of contents: 1. Prehistoric Indonesia. 2. The megalithic tradition. 3. The Trunyanese: the people who descended from the sky. 4. Indian religions in Indonesia. 5. Wayang: a reflection of the aspirations of the Javanese. 6. Pre-islamic South Sulawesi. 7. The introduction of Islam and the growth of moslem coastal cities in the Indonesian archipelago. 8. Moluccan responses to the first intrusions of the west. 9. The Dutch trading monopolies. 10. Impacts of colonial policy on Sumatra. 11. The Kraton in the Javanese social structure. 12. Political transformation in the nineteenth century. 13. Nationalism, Pancasila, Soekarno. 14. National education in a colonial society. 15. Development of modern Indonesian literature. 16. Twentieth-century rural-urban changes. 17. Elite and masses: trends in recognition and alienation.