Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949

Maps\nContent\nI. Introduction\nPicture\n1. Revolutionary Worlds: an introduction\nII. Revolutionary…\nPicture\n2. The meaning of independence for women in Yogyakarta, 1945-1946\n3. The battle for the nation and pemuda subjectivity. Contradictions in a revolutionary capital\n4. Monsters and capitalists. Revolutionary posters demonize the Dutch\n5. The violence of Dutch public security. Semarang and its Central Javanese hinterland, 1945-1949\n6. East Java, 1949: the revolution that shaped Indonesia\n7. War logistics in revolutionary Central Java\n8. State-making is war-making. Military violence and the establishment of the State of East Indonesia in 1946\nIII. …Worlds\nPicture\n9. From the parliament to the streets. The State of East Indonesia, 1946-1950\n10. The harsher they act, the more fuss there’ll be. Dynamics of violence in South-Sulawesi, 1945-1950\n11. Polombangkeng, South Sulawesi. The contest for authority, 1945- 1949\n12. Association with the people must be friendly. War against the people and the political partitioning of West Java, 1948\n13. Fighting over Depok. From colonial privilege to Indonesian citizenship, 1942-1949\n14. A successful transition. The Chinese in revolutionary Aceh, 1945-1949\n15. Navigating contested middle ground. Ethnic Chinese in revolutionary East Sumatra, 1945-1950\n16. Everyday life of the Chinese in revolutionary Padang, 1945-1948\n17. Playing it safe. Survival strategies of the Indian community in East Sumatran cities, 1945-1946\nNotes\nAbbreviations\nGlossary\nBibliography\nAcknowledgements\nAbout the authors\nIndex