Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation

Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation
Author: Elizabeth Pisani
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2014-06-23
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0393244288

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"A spectacular achievement and one of the very best travel books I have read." —Simon Winchester, Wall Street Journal Declaring independence in 1945, Indonesia said it would "work out the details of the transfer of power etc. as soon as possible." With over 300 ethnic groups spread across over 13,500 islands, the world’s fourth most populous nation has been working on that "etc." ever since. Author Elizabeth Pisani traveled 26,000 miles in search of the links that bind this disparate nation.


Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Elizabeth Pisani
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-23 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Pages: 320
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