From Rebellion to Riots: Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo

by Jamie S. Davidson

Book Overview

From Rebellion to Riots is a critical analysis of the roots of contemporary violence in one of Indonesia's most ethnically heterogeneous provinces, West Kalimantan. Since the late 1960s, this province has suffered periodic outbreaks of ethnic violence among its Dayak, Malay, Madurese, and ethnic Chinese populations. Citing evidence from his research, internal military documents, and ethnographic accounts, Jamie S. Davidson refutes popular explanations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299225801
• ISBN13: 9780299225803
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 312 Pages