Indonesia etc. : exploring the improbable nation /

"An entertaining and thought-provoking portrait of Indonesia: a rich, dynamic, and often maddening nation awash with contradictions. Jakarta tweets more than any other city on earth, but 80 million Indonesians live without electricity and many of its communities still share in ritual sacrifices...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pisani, Elizabeth (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Indonesia > Description and travel. Pisani, Elizabeth > Travel > Indonesia. Indonesia > Social life and customs. Indonesia > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

Improbable nation
The ties that bind
Sticky culture
Resident aliens
The emperor is far away
Happy families
Spoils of the earth
Profits on ice
Historical fictions
Misfits
Indigenous arts
Faith healing
The other Indonesia.