From various sources, this text documents post-independence history in two former colonies: one Dutch, the other Portuguese. It examines the Indonesian claim to, and invasion of, East Timor, all in the need of "unification" of East Timorese territory with the island republic of Indonesia. [From : Worldcat]
Lombok and Bali in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries This book discusses a fascinating historical episode, the establishing of Balinese Hindu rule over the predominantly Muslim population of Lombok, concentrating on the years 1700-1748. Materials covering this period are re-examined and further interesting information provided as to what happened at the time, seen in a regional contex…