5. The violence of Dutch public security. Semarang and its Central Javanese hinterland, 1945-1949

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Maps III
3. Content 5
4. I. Introduction
5. Picture 10
6. 1. Revolutionary Worlds: an introduction 11
7. II. Revolutionary…
8. Picture 34
9. 2. The meaning of independence for women in Yogyakarta, 1945-1946 35
10. 3. The battle for the nation and pemuda subjectivity. Contradictions in a revolutionary capital 47
11. 4. Monsters and capitalists. Revolutionary posters demonize the Dutch 75
12. 5. The violence of Dutch public security. Semarang and its Central Javanese hinterland, 1945-1949 101
13. 6. East Java, 1949: the revolution that shaped Indonesia 129
14. 7. War logistics in revolutionary Central Java 157
15. 8. State-making is war-making. Military violence and the establishment of the State of East Indonesia in 1946 179
16. III. …Worlds
17. Picture 200
18. 9. From the parliament to the streets. The State of East Indonesia, 1946-1950 201
19. 10. The harsher they act, the more fuss there’ll be. Dynamics of violence in South-Sulawesi, 1945-1950 217
20. 11. Polombangkeng, South Sulawesi. The contest for authority, 1945- 1949 247
21. 12. Association with the people must be friendly. War against the people and the political partitioning of West Java, 1948 275
22. 13. Fighting over Depok. From colonial privilege to Indonesian citizenship, 1942-1949 299
23. 14. A successful transition. The Chinese in revolutionary Aceh, 1945-1949 317
24. 15. Navigating contested middle ground. Ethnic Chinese in revolutionary East Sumatra, 1945-1950 339
25. 16. Everyday life of the Chinese in revolutionary Padang, 1945-1948 355
26. 17. Playing it safe. Survival strategies of the Indian community in East Sumatran cities, 1945-1946 379
27. Notes 397
28. Abbreviations 459
29. Glossary 465
30. Bibliography 470
31. Acknowledgements 495
32. About the authors 499
33. Index 506