Jakarta-Batavia: Socio-Cultural Essays.(Book Review)

SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia | October 1, 2002| | Copyright

Edited by Kees Grijns and Peter J.M. Nas. Leiden: KITLV Press, 2000. 349 pp.

Jakarta-Batavia is an attempt to examine current socio-cultural research on Jakarta. Jakarta has developed significantly, from the provincial capital of Jayakarta, part of which was a swamp, to the capital city of Indonesia, where the swamp has been covered over by buildings. The development in Jakarta has attracted many people to work there, making it a multiracial, multicultural, and multireligious city. But life in Jakarta is not always as easy as it is portrayed in the movies. Lately, ...

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