Surabaya is Indonesia's second largest city but is not well known to the outside world. Yet in 1900, Surabaya was a bigger city than Jakarta and one of the main commercial centers of Asia. Collapse of sugar exports during the 1930s depression, followed by the Japanese occupation, revolution, and independence, brought on a long period of stagnation and retreat from the international economy. Not…
Review oleh Lambertus Hurek, dari blognya: http://hurek.blogspot.com/2009/02/surabaya-city-of-work-howard-dick.html Sejarawan ini mengkaji secara komprehensif sejarah sosial-ekonomi Kota Surabaya pada 1900 sampai 2000. Rentang waktu 100 tahun. Tentu, ini membutuhkan kerja keras, dokumentasi, buku-buku, narasumber, serta ketekunan yang luar biasa. Syukurlah, Howard Dick berhasil menem…