Censorship in colonial Indonesia, 1901-1942 /
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Author / Creator: | Yamamoto, Nobuto, 1963- author. |
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Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] |
Description: | viii, 294 pages ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Library of the written word ; volume 75 The industrial world ; volume 7 Library of the written word ; 75. Library of the written word. Industrial world ; v. 7. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12023921 |
Summary: | In Censorship in Colonial Indonesia, 1901-1942 Nobuto Yamamoto examines the institutionalization of censorship and its symbiosis with print culture in the Netherlands Indies. Born from the liberal desire to promote the well-being of the colonial population, censorship was not practiced exclusively in repressive ways but manifested in constructive policies and stimuli, among which was the cultivation of the "native press" under state patronage. Censorship in the Indies oscillated between liberal impulse and the intrinsic insecurity of a colonial state in the era of nationalism and democratic governance. It proved unpredictable in terms of outcomes, at times being co-opted by resourceful activists and journalists, and susceptible to international politics as it transformed during the Sino-Japanese war of the 1930s. |
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Physical Description: | viii, 294 pages ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789004362543 9004362541 9789004412408 |