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Jamie S. Davidson 2008, From Rebellion to Riots: Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo.

Publication: Borneo Research Bulletin
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jamie S. Davidson 2008, From Rebellion to Riots: Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Jamie S. Davidson 2008, From Rebellion to Riots: Collective Violence on Indonesian Borneo. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 274 pp.

This reviewer has often lamented the absence of a wider theoretical relevance in much of the scholarly literature on Borneo. From Rebellion to Riots is not such a book. Jamie Davidson's study of the roots of contemporary violence in West Kalimantan skillfully interrogates recent theoretical perspectives on collective violence against a detailed presentation of the turbulent history of the province. Based on numerous interviews during fieldwork in West Kalimantan, the study of Dutch colonial records, Indonesian army internal documents and published accounts, Davidson provides a detailed historical exegesis of ethnic violence involving the Dayak, Madurese, Chinese, and Malay communities.

Davidson sets out to explain the origins of a series...

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