Nation-building and national identity in Timor-Leste

"Timor-Leste's long journey to nationhood spans 450 years of colonial rule by Portugal, a short-lived independence in 1975, and a 24-year occupation by Indonesia. This book examines the history of nation-building and national identity in Timor-Leste, and the evolution of a collective ident...

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Main Author: Leach, Michael 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]
Series:Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia series
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. Indigenous societies and the early colonial era -- 3. The intensification of colonial power -- 4.ecolonisation and the rise of East Timorese political parties: 1974-1975 -- 5. Forced integration and the reorganisation of the nation: 1976-1989 -- 6. The 1990s: the CNRT and the clandestine resistance -- 7. UNTAET and the constitutional assembly: 1999-2002 -- 8. Nation-building challenges after independence -- 9. The political-military crisis: East and West -- 10. 2007-2012: divisions in the elite -- 11. 2012-2015: the return of national unity -- Conclusion: the distinctive character of East Timorese nationalism 
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