| Description |
1 online resource (417 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Technical Notes; Introduction: The Outskirts of the Nation; 1 The Golden Bridge; 2 Buried Guns; 3 Imagining Independence; 4 Eager Girls; 5 Sea of Fire; 6 Letting Loose the Water Buffaloes; 7 The Memory Artist; Conclusion: The Sense of an Ending; Appendix 1: List of Informants; Appendix 2: Glossary and Abbreviations; Appendix 3: Time Line; Notes; References; Index of Cited Informants; General Index |
| Summary |
On August 17, 1945, Indonesia proclaimed its independence from Dutch colonial rule. Five years later, the Republic of Indonesia was recognized as a unified, sovereign state. The period in between was a time of aspiration, mobilization, and violence, in which nationalists fought to expel the Dutch while also trying to come to grips with the meaning of "independence." Rifle Reports is an ethnographic history of this extraordinary time as it was experienced on the outskirts of the nation among Karo Batak villagers in the rural highlands of North Sumatra. Based on extensive interviews and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Karo-Batak (Indonesian people) -- History.
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Indonesia -- History -- Revolution, 1945-1949 -- Personal narratives, Indonesian
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Sumatera Utara (Indonesia) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0520274865 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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0520274873 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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0520955285 (electronic bk.) |
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9780520274860 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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9780520274877 (paperback;) (alk. paper) |
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9780520955288 (electronic bk.) |
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