false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181007108m/1102994.jpg 1102994 2 <p>Based on close reading of historical documents--poetry as much as statistics--and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). In considering technology and the ways that people use and think about <i>things</i>, Rudolf Mrázek invents an original way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature.</p><p>The central chapters comprise vignettes and take up, in turn, transportation (from shoes to road-building to motorcycle clubs), architecture (from prison construction to home air-conditioning), optical technologies (from photography to fingerprinting), clothing and fashion, and the introduction of radio and radio stations. The text clusters around a group of fascinating recurring characters representing colonialism, nationalism, and the awkward, inevitable presence of the European cultural, intellectual, and political avant-garde: Tillema, the pharmacist-author of Kromoblanda; the explorer/engineer IJzerman; the "Javanese princess" Kartina; the Indonesia nationalist journalist Mas Marco; the Dutch novelist Couperus; the Indonesian novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer; and Dutch left-wing liberal Wim Wertheim and his wife.</p><p>In colonial Indies, as elsewhere, people employed what Proust called "remembering" and what Heidegger called "thinging" to sense and make sense of the world. In using this observation to approach Indonesian society, Mrázek captures that society off balance, allowing us to see it in unfamiliar positions. The result is a singular work with surprises for readers throughout the social sciences, not least those interested in Southeast Asia or colonialism more broadly.</p> 1089912 4 3 2002 Engineers of Happy Land: Technology and Nationalism in a Colony (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History) total:11|5:6|4:1|3:4|2:0|1:0| 11 46 19 4 3 1 false false Wed Sep 16 08:11:49 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 07:03:56 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 02:53:25 -0700 2009 The colonial Dutch, which was actually responsible for bringing modernism to Java, complained the most about it. In Europe, there are still green g...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Jun 24 09:59:30 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 14:02:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jul 19 19:00:43 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 19:00:43 -0700 2007 buku ini mengulas [atau memanfaatkan bahan] sejarah dengan meneliti benda-benda. suatu pendekatan baru yang mengamati muncul, berkembang dan surutnya penggunaan benda-benda sesehari. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 05 21:37:04 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 21:37:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 10:05:54 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 10:06:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Sep 29 10:29:23 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 10:29:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 04:18:59 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 04:18:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Aug 21 13:28:21 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:28:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 07:26:05 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 07:26:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 22 21:37:08 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 23:32:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 23 02:48:17 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 02:48:17 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Feb 13 04:52:08 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 10 19:07:19 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 04:52:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 02 17:59:42 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 17:59:42 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 02 18:52:26 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 18:52:26 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Sep 28 13:53:05 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 13:53:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 23:15:23 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 19:56:32 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 27 11:29:22 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 11:29:26 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sun Nov 18 09:57:07 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 09:57:07 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jun 04 18:32:02 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 18:32:02 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1102994