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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aMrázek, Rudolf _eautore
245	1	0	_aEngineers of Happy Land : _bTechnology and Nationalism in a Colony / _cRudolf Mrázek.
264		1	_aPrinceton, NJ : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2018]
264		4	_c©2002
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aPrinceton Studies in Culture/Power/History ; _v3
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- _tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- _tPREFACE -- _tONE. Language as Asphalt -- _tTWO. Towers -- _tTHREE. From Darkness to Light -- _tFOUR. Indonesian Dandy -- _tFIVE. Let Us Become Radio Mechanics -- _tEPILOGUE. Only the Deaf Can Hear Well -- _tNOTES -- _tSOURCES -- _tINDEX
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aBased on close reading of historical documents--poetry as much as statistics--and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East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 things, Rudolf Mrázek invents an original way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature. 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. 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.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		0	_aNationalism and technology _zIndonesia.
650		0	_aNationalism _zIndonesia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects _zIndonesia.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780691186931?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691186931
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