| Indonesia Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation Contributor(s): Pisani, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393351270 ISBN-13: 9780393351279 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - Southeast - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Australia & Oceania |
| Dewey: 915.5 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would work out the details of the transfer of power etc. as soon as possible. With over 300 ethnic groups spread across over 13,500 islands, the world's fourth most populous nation has been working on that etc. ever since. Author Elizabeth Pisani traveled 26,000 miles in search of the links that bind this disparate nation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pisani, Elizabeth: - Elizabeth Pisani has lived in Indonesia at various times over the past twenty-five years, originally as a journalist and later as an HIV epidemiologist. The author of The Wisdom of Whores and Indonesia Etc., she is based in London. |