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Jakarta: history of a misunderstood city

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Jakarta is a fascinating city. Its attraction lies in the incredibly wide variety of people – Indonesians, Chinese, Indians, Arabs and Europeans – who have arrived over the centuries, bringing with them their own habits, folklore and culture. Their descendants have resulted in a vibrant mix of people, most of them making a living along the thousands of small lanes and alleys that criss-cross the kampungs of this enormous city. Artefacts indicate that this area was inhabited from the fifth century. Hundreds of years later, a small trading post on the coast named Kelapa was founded and eventually grew into the mega-city of Jakarta with over twenty million people.

This book provides a unique look at the history of Jakarta through the eyes of individuals who have walked its streets through the ages, revealing how some of the challenges confronting the city today – congestion, poverty, floods and land subsidence – mirror the struggles the city has had to face in the past.

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Series Title

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Call Number

959 LIN j

Publisher

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish., 2022

Collation

229 p. ; ill. ; 22,5 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789814893480

Classification

900

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Edition

Ed.1

Subject(s)

Historical

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Statement of Responsibility

Herald van der Linde

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