Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor /
Why does violence recur in some places, over long periods of time? Douglas Kammen explores this pattern in Three Centuries of Conflict in East Timor, studying that island's tragic past. The questions posed in the book about recurring violence and local narratives apply to many other places besi...
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Singapore :
NUS Press,
2016
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : situating recurrent mass violence
- Contested origins
- Maubara and the Dutch East India Company
- Vassalage and violence, 1861-1887
- The uprising and devastation of 1893
- High colonialism and new forms of oppression, 1894-1974
- The end of empire and the Indonesian occupation, 1974-1998
- Serious crimes and the politics of the past, 1999-2012