Nusantara: A History of the East Indian Archipelago – Vlekke (1945)

S$72.00

Nusantara: A History of the East Indian Archipelago – Vlekke (1945)

S$72.00

Title: Nusantara: A History of the East Indian Archipelago

Author: Bernard H.M. Vlekke

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1945. 3rd printing.

Condition: Hardcover, on dust jacket. Good. Some foxing to edges, spine rubbed and minor wear to covers. Text clean, binding tight. 439pp. With 16 illustrations and 9 maps.

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With 13 illustrations and 9 maps. A classic work on the history of Indonesia.

Contents:

  1. Introduction: Th Geographical Background
  2. The Medieval Period of Indonesian History
  3. Gajah Mada, Founder of the Javanese Empire
  4. Mohammedans and Portuguese
  5. Traders from the Low Countries
  6. Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the Founder of the Dutch Commerical Empire
  7. Greatest Expansion of the East India Company
  8. Downfall of the Indonesian States
  9. New Aspects of Indonesian Life
  10. Netherlanders and Indonesians in the 18th Century
  11. Herman Willem Daendels, a Batavian Napoleon
  12. Thomas Stamford Raffles, the Founder of Singapore
  13. Johannes Van Den Bosch and the Liberals
  14. Planters, Soldiers, and Professors
  15. The End of a Colony and the Birth of a Nation
  16. War Comes to the Indies
  17. Chronological Epitome
  18. Index