An empire of the East : travels in Indonesia
Lewis, Norman2014
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Norman Lewis was 83 years old when in 1991 he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia: into the extreme western edge of Sumatra, into East Timor and Irian Jaya. 'An Empire of the East' is his magnificent swan-song, unearthing the decimation of the tropical rain forests in Sumatra, the all but forgotten Balinese massacre of the communists in 1965, the shell-shocked destruction of East Timor, the stone-age hunter-gathering culture of the Yali tribe (in western Papua New Guinea) and perhaps most chilling of all, his visit to the Freeport copper mine in the sky.
Main title:
An empire of the East : travels in Indonesia / Norman Lewis.
Author:
Lewis, Norman, author
Imprint:
London : Eland, 2014.
Collation:
216 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781780601021 (pbk)1780601026
Dewey class:
915.9'8'0437
Local class:
915.9804915.98
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
537653