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In search of middle Indonesia : middle classes in provincial towns /

The middle classes of Indonesia's provincial towns are not particularly rich yet nationally influential. This book examines them ethnographically. Rather than a market-friendly, liberal middle class, it finds a conservative petty bourgeoisie just out of poverty and skilled at politics. Please n...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Klinken, Geert Arend van (Editor), Berenschot, Ward (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2014.
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; volume 292.
Power and place in Southeast Asia ; volume 40.
Subjects:
Middle class > Indonesia.
City and town life > Indonesia.
Social classes > Indonesia.
Democracy > Social aspects > Indonesia.
Indonesia > Social conditions.
Indonesia > Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
City and town life.
Democracy > Social aspects.
Economic history.
Middle class.
Social classes.
Social conditions.
Indonesia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The middle classes of Indonesia's provincial towns are not particularly rich yet nationally influential. This book examines them ethnographically. Rather than a market-friendly, liberal middle class, it finds a conservative petty bourgeoisie just out of poverty and skilled at politics. Please note that Sylvia Tidey's article (p. 89-110) will only be available in the print edition of this book (9789004263000).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 242 pages) : color illustrations, 1 map.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index.
ISBN:9789004263437
9004263438
ISSN:1572-1892 ;