no. 53 January- March 1998		Bookshop
		INDONESIA AND THE 'THIRD WAVE OF DEMOCRATISATION' By Anders Uhlin Examines the impact of foreign ideas on the minds and actions of Indonesian pro-democracy activists - how they draw lessons from events outside their country and adopt, adjust or reject them. NIAS-Curzon Press, 1997, 250pp, hardback ISBN 0 7007 0611 9, Stg 35 + p/h. Avail: Curzon Press, fax +44-181-332 6735, email publish@curzonpr ess.demon.co.uk, or NIAS fax +45-3296 2530, books@nias.ku.dk. AN ATLAS OF INDONESIAN HISTORY By Robert Cribb This pioneering volume - illustrated by over 200 specially drawn full-colour maps with a detailed companion text - traces the history of the region which became Indonesia from early times to the present. NIAS-Curzon Press, 1997, 240pp, hardback ISBN 0 7007 0985 1, Stg 75 + p/h. BORNEO IN TRANSITION: PEOPLE, FORESTS, CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT Edited by Christine Padoch & Nancy L Pelusso The last three decades have brought extraordinary changes to the forests and people of Borneo. This book provides glimpses into particular villages and show how people have responded to some of the most important changes in their environment. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1996, 312pp, hardback ISBN 967 65 3110 3. FETISH, RECOGNITION, REVOLUTION By James T Siegel Traces the beginnings of the Indonesian revolution, which occurred in 1945-1949 and which ended Dutch colonial rule, to the translations of world literature in the last part of the nineteenth century. The anthropologist Siegel discovers in that communication a force more important than the specific message it conveyed, something he calls 'the fetish of modernity'. Like other fetishes, it was thought to compel events. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997, 286pp, paper ISBN 0 691 02652 1, US$22.50 (cloth 0 691 02653 X, US$55.00). BALI INTERACTIVE CD-ROM By Fekke de Jager & Elly Hemmes Uses all the power of computer interactivity to bring together 300 full colour photographs, 25 minutes of short video clips, 20 minutes of stereo sound recordings of music and the environment, with 36,000 words of explanatory text through hundreds of hyperlinks, buttons and clickable pictures. Ten interactive maps. The tourist or student, for whom the CD-Rom is designed, will need about 24 hours to view, listen to and read all the information it contains. Requires PC/ Windows/ 486 or Pentium/ 8 or 16 MB RAM/ 4x speed CD-Rom/ Soundblaster comp. http://www .via.nl/users/fdejager/balirom.htm, US$ 24.50, Stg 15.50, AU$35, Can$35, + p/h. Avail: Nusantara Bookshop, or email fdejager@via.nl. IN THEIR OWN WORDS: WORKING WOMEN OF YOGYAKARTA By Jessica Wright Each of the women in this book has revealed her innermost thoughts, hopes and concerns. Each is successful in her own right. Some have achieved careers in male-dominated fields, others have managed their households and earned enough money to support their families. Monash Asia Institute, 1997, ISBN 0 7326 1143 1, AU$25. Avail: Daniela Mariani, Publications Officer, MAI, Monash Univ, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia, email Danni.mariani@a rts.monash.edu.au. THE CHINESE BUSINESS ELITE IN INDONESIA & THE TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE: 1940-50 By Twang Peck Yang 'Political connections' are an important element in explaining the success of Indonesian Chinese businessmen. The history of those connections can be traced to the 1940s and sometimes even earlier. The risky business of smuggling served to forge close ties between Chinese businessmen and Indonesian revolutionaries. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1997, 288pp, hardback ISBN 983 56 0019 8, AU$59.95. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION & THE 1997 ELECTION By Article 19 & Forum Asia Examines the many and varied means used by President Suharto's New Order government to prolong its monopoly over both the reins and the fruits of power, and to guarantee itself against effective challenge. Curbs on media freedom lie at the heart of the system. Article 19, May 1997, 33pp, ISBN 1 870798 83 X, Stg 4.99. From the same publisher: MUTED VOICES: CENSORSHIP & THE BROADCAST MEDIA IN INDONESIA June 1996, 24pp, Stg 3.99/ US$6.00. INDONESIA: SURVEILLANCE & SUPPRESSION - THE LEGACY OF THE 1965 COUP September 1995, Censorship News, Stg 3.00/ US$5.00. INDONESIA: THE PRESS ON TRIAL August 1995, Censorship News, Stg 3.00, US$5.00. THE PRESS UNDER SIEGE: CENSORSHIP IN INDONESIA November 1994, 40pp, Stg 4.99/ US$10.00. Article 19 (The International Centre Against Censorship), Lancaster House, 33 Islington High St, London N1 9LH, UK; fax 0171 713 1356, email article19@gn.apc.org. Add p/h (approx Stg 1.30 each to Aust). Credit cards welcome. THE OPEN CAGE: THE ORDEAL OF THE IRIAN JAYA HOSTAGES By Daniel Start A remarkably vivid and beautifully written account by one of the four British hostages. They became part of the indigenous struggle against Indonesia and against Freeport when they were captured by an OPM group commanded by Kelly Kwalik in early 1996. An account of how one man went to Irian Jaya on a scientific mission and returned home understanding that Indonesian colonisation lay at the root of the problem. Harper Collins, 1997, 336pp, ISBN 0002558483 AU$39.95. SAKSI MATA PERJUANGAN INTEGRASI TIMOR TIMUR By Hendro Subroto Indonesia mounted one of the biggest parachute operations since World War II when it seized the former Portuguese colony of East Timor in 1975, the memoirs of an Indonesian combat photographer reveal. The blow-by-blow account of Indonesia's conquest of East Timor is contained in the book Eyewitness to the Integration of East Timor by a television cameraman attached to the Indonesian invasion force. (David Jenkins, Sydney Morning Herald 16 October 1997). Jakarta: Pustaka Sinar Harapan, 1996, 250+xvii pp, ISBN 979 416 420 8. Avail: Nusantara Bookshop. SURFING INDONESIA By Leonard Lueras & Lorca Lueras The most comprehensive guide to surfing in the world's largest archipelago. No other place on earth is so rich in challenges for accomplished wave-riders. Produced by a team of more than 15 top authors, photographers and surfers. With travel advisories, a glossary, filmography and bibliography, plus more than 140 colour photos and 28 maps. Fielding Worldwide (US), 1997, 304pp, paperback ISBN 1 56952 093 3, US$19.95; or Periplus Action Guides ISBN 094597162x, AU$24.95. From the same publishers: BIRDING INDONESIA More than 130 colour photos of Indonesia's birds and birding sites, 28 maps of bird habitats, bibliography. 1997, 320pp, Fielding ISBN 1 56952 133 6, US$19.95; or Periplus ISBN 962593071x, AU$24.95. DIVING INDONESIA Thirty seven detailed maps covering every dive site, 120 colour photos. 332 pp, Fielding ISBN 1 56952 089 5, US$19.95; or Periplus ISBN 9625931457 , AU$24.95.