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Author: Jan Poortenaar
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKArtist Jan Poortenaar, provides with pencil and brush a decorative interpretation of Indonesia and its rich, artistic life and culture.
Author: Paul Michael Taylor
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Published on the occasion of Beyond the Java Sea: art of Indonesia's outer islands, an exhibition organized and circulated by The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C."--title page verson.
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9781579584245
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContaining more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Author: Jennifer Speake
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-05-12
Total Pages: 3477
ISBN-13: 1135456623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContaining more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Author: Huy Thiệp Nguyễn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 214
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen it first appeared in 1987, the title story of this collection of stories by Nguyen Huy Thiep caused a sensation in Vietnam. Not since the Communist revolution had readers found as stark and compelling a view of their world as The General Retires offered them. Written in spare, succinct prose, it captures the despair of an old general who, after many years of devoted service to his country, is alienated by the emptiness of the society into which he retires and ultimately flees. Nguyen probes similar themes in the stories that follow, from Cun, the moving tale of a crippled beggar, to A Drop of Blood, a dark history of a family set against decades of war and revolution. With eight powerfully written stories--all available in English for the first time--and including an introduction by Greg Lockhart that traces the varied traditions of Vietnamese literature to the present day, this collection offers unprecedented insight into a society trying to overcome and understand years of pain and civil strife.
Author: Dick van der Meij
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2017-07-31
Total Pages: 619
ISBN-13: 9004348115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndonesian Manuscripts from the Islands of Java, Madura, Bali and Lombok discusses aspects of the long and impressive manuscript traditions of these islands, which share many aspects of manuscript production. Many hitherto unaddressed features of palm-leaf manuscripts are discussed here for the first time as well as elements of poetic texts, indications of mistakes, colophons and the calendrical information used in these manuscripts. All features discussed are explained with photographs. The introductory chapters offer insights into these traditions in a wider setting and the way researchers have studied them. This original and pioneering work also points out what topics needs further exploration to understand these manuscript traditions that use a variety of materials, languages, and scripts to a wider public.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 0870996975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Shavit
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2019-07-18
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 1476610967
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe island of Bali's sensational image was created by the tourists, artists, and scholars who visited the tiny nation between the two world wars. A Dutch colony from 1908, Bali was a source of revenue for the Dutch government, which began to develop its image as the ultimate vacation spot. The tourism industry spread the idea of Bali as a paradise in which noble, happy, spiritual Balinese--all prodigiously creative artists--lived in innocence. Sensual images of beautiful people on an enchanted isle unspoiled by modernity predominated. Bali also acquired a reputation as a homosexual paradise. A host of books and articles fed these images of Bali until it evolved into one of the most romantic stops on the tourist itinerary. The Balinese people, however, made little profit from the tourist traffic. This history of the development of tourism in Bali stretches from the Dutch occupation in 1906 to the Japanese occupation in 1942. After exhaustive research in published records and in unpublished letters, diaries, and oral histories left by many of the American and European visitors to the island as well as the Balinese residents, the author explores the reasons for Bali's popularity among Westerners and their effects on the native culture.
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 746
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gerald H. Krausse
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 472
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation. A multidisciplinary reference of English-language publications on Indonesia. Annotated entries emphasize colonial history, the struggle for independence, the arts, and anthropology. Includes subject and title indexes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
