Exile and Return Among the East Timorese

by Amanda Wise

East Timor, the world's newest nation, finally gained its independence in 2002, following half a millennium of Portuguese rule and 24 years of Indonesian occupation. That occupation produced a refugee diaspora spread between Portugal and Australia that has been integral in advancing East Timor's cause abroad. Because East Timorese in the diaspora identified strongly as exiles and invested so much in pursuing East Timor's independence, the homeland's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812239091
• ISBN13: 9780812239096
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.3"