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Jakarta is a fascinating city. It’s attraction lies in the incredibly wide variety of people – Indonesians, Chinese, Indians, Arabs and Europeans – who have arrived over the centuries, bringing with them their own habits, folklore and culture. Their descendants have resulted in a vibrant mix of people, most of them making a living along the thousands of small lanes and alleys that criss-cross the kampungs of this enormous city. Artefacts indicate that this area was inhabited from the fifth century. Hundreds of years later, a small trading post on the coast named Kelapa was founded and eventually grew into the mega-city of Jakarta with over twenty million people.
This book provides a unique look at the history of Jakarta through the eyes of individuals who have walked its streets through the ages, revealing how some of the challenges confronting the city today – congestion, poverty, floods and land subsidence – mirror the struggles the city has had to face in the past.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9789814893480 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) van der Linde, Herald | |
| PUBLISHER : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : February 28, 2021 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : Singapore | IMPRINT : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback |
DIMENSION : 227 mm x 152 mm
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