About this title: "Hiking through peaceful villages in central Bali, we found it difficult to envision the fires of retribution that lit the island's skyline just four years ago". Thus in 1969 a reporter for National Geographic summed up the dilemma facing those who think about Bali. How can the bloody massacres that shook the island in the 1960s be reconciled with ...
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Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca
Date Published: (1995)
Description: Textual maps & photos. Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xxii, 341 pp. Contents: Political Conflict & Violence in Modern Bali: An Overview; Colonial Policy & Political Relations in Bali; Paupers in Paradise: Bali's Colonial Economy; The Japanese Occupation; "Anarchy Prevails"; The Ideology of Tradition; Bali in the National Revolution; The Struggle for the State, 1950-1965; Guns & Gangs; A Political Economy of Violence; The Massacre; Myth & Reality in Bali. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780801481727ISBN:0801481724
Description: Good. Books have varying amounts of wear and highlighting. Usually ships within 24 hours in quality packaging. Satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: Ppbk
Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780801481727ISBN:0801481724
Description: Very Good. No Dj. 8vo. pp. 341, b/w illustrations, "With a sure mastery of both Indoesian and Dutch sources, Robinson analyzes the class tensions between aristocrats and commoners during the late colonial period. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University, Ithaca.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780801429651ISBN:080142965X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. Map, b/w photo illus. Author traces the origins of Bali's image as peaceful, harmonious place, and provides a contemporary political history. 341pp. Index/Biblio. 1st ed. read more
Description: Good. 0801481724 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: 31/08/1995
ISBN-13:9780801429651ISBN:080142965X
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