{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-paradise-political-violence-in-bali-paperback-softback-9780801481727","title":"The Dark Side of Paradise; Political Violence in Bali (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801481727","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Dark Side of Paradise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitical Violence in Bali\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeoffrey Robinson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801481727\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 April 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is an effective attempt to put the politics back into Bali's twentieth-century history. With a sure mastery of both Indonesian and Dutch sources, Robinson analyzes the class tensions between aristocrats and commoners during the late colonial period.\u003c\/p\u003e (Times Literary Supplement) \u003cp\u003eRobinson's incisive, well-written work demolishes the fiction of the 'peaceful Balinese' that pervades academic and popular literature, and, for the first time, places modern political history directly into the middle of Balinese scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eExhaustively documented.... This book is an important achievement. Refreshingly free of fashion and jargon, the book also provides insights of comparative importance into the ways in which elite rivalries intensify factionalism in society.... A remarkable work of political history. It deserves to be read by all students of Southeast Asia and anyone interested in the causes of modern political violence.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Historical Review) \u003cp\u003eRobinson's work reaches beyond history, amply illustrating the possibilities of what might be termed a 'comparative historical sociology' approach.\u003c\/p\u003e (Indonesia) \u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliant book that must be read by anybody interested in modern Indonesia.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52542259003672,"sku":"9780801481727","price":28.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-dark-side-of-paradise-political-violence-in-bali-paperback-softback-9780801481727","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}