The Politics of Heritage in Indonesia: A Cultural History

by Marieke Bloembergen and Martijn Eickhoff

This study offers a new approach to the history of sites, archaeology, and heritage formation in Asia, at both local and transregional levels. Starting at Hindu-Buddhist, Chinese, Islamic, colonial, and prehistoric heritage sites in Indonesia, the focus is on people's encounters and the knowledge exchange taking place across colonial and postcolonial regimes. Objects are followed as they move from their site of origin to other locations, such as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108499023
• ISBN13: 9781108499026
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"