Jakarta-Batavia : socio-cultural essays /

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Imprint:Leiden : KITLV, 2000.
Description:vi, 349 p. : maps 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 187
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4408506
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Other authors / contributors:Grijns, C. D.
Nas, P.
ISBN:9067181390
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Jakarta-Batavia: A sample of current socio-historical research
  • Queen among kings: Diplomatic ritual at Batavia
  • Unhealthy Batavia and the decline of the VOC in the eighteenth century
  • The free Asian Christian community and poverty in pre-modern Batavia
  • Round about Batavia: Ethnicity and authority in the Ommelanden, 1650-1800
  • The Inlandsche Kommandant of Batavia
  • P.A. Daum on colonial life in Batavia
  • A divided minority: The Arabs of Batavia
  • Jakarta through the eyes of 'Ko Put On'
  • Political relations among women in a multi-racial city: Colonial Batavia in the twentieth century
  • Aristocratic Betawi: A challenge to outsiders' perceptions
  • Jabotabek place names
  • View from the top: Accounts of the mayors and governors of Jakarta
  • From kampung to residential development: Some trends in the development of the Greater Jakarta Area
  • Jakarta greenery: An essay on urban natural environment
  • New town development and community empowerment: The case of Kemayoran, Jakarta
  • Community-based housing in Jakarta: The case of Kopersup, Penjaringan/Cengkareng
  • The preservation of Betawi culture and agriculture in the Condet Area
  • Contributors
  • Index