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Three centuries of conflict in East Timor / Douglas Kammen.

Three centuries of conflict in East Timor / Douglas Kam...

Three centuries of conflict in East Timor / Douglas Kammen.

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Three centuries of conflict in East Timor / Douglas Kammen.

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Full title

Three centuries of conflict in East Timor / Douglas Kammen.

Publisher

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]

Alternative title

3 centuries of conflict in East Timor.

Call Numbers

G 2015/4045

Record Identifier

74VKRG26ybRZ

MMS ID

991023191819702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xv, 231 pages ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction : situating recurrent mass violence -- 1. Contested origins -- 2. Maubara and the Dutch East India Company -- 3. Vassalage and violence, 1861-1887 -- 4. The uprising and devastation of 1893 -- 5. High colonialism and new forms of oppression, 1894-1974 -- 6. The end of empire and the Ind...

Publication information

Publisher

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]

Place of Publication

New Jersey

Date Published

[2015]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"One of the most troubling but least studied features of mass political violence is why violence often recurs in the same place over long periods of time. Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor, studying that region's tragic past, focusing on the small district of Maubara. Once a small but powerful kingdom...

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Full title

Three centuries of conflict in East Timor / Douglas Kammen.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights series.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2015/4045

Record Identifier

74VKRG26ybRZ

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRG26ybRZ

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ISBN

9780813574103 hardcover alkaline paper

0813574102 hardcover alkaline paper

DDC

959.87

MMS ID

991023191819702626

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