Shortlist EuroSEAS Humanities Book Prize 2015 Surabaya, 1945-2010 presents the recent history of one of Indonesia's great port cities as viewed from a crowded low-income neighbourhood (kampung) called Dinoyo. By following the lives of Dinoyo residents over three generations, it provides a new perspective on landmark moments in the country's modern history, including the war for independence…
This book sheds light on the nature of community within urban off-street neighborhoods (kampung) in Java, examining the concept of community in the light of state programs of administration and control, religious reform movements, and local residents' responses to these and to conditions during both the New Order and Reformasi period after 1998