Heirs to world culture; Being Indonesian 1950-1965

New scholarship on Indonesia's cultural history from 1950-1965. During the new nation's first decade and a half, Indonesia's links with the world and its sense of nationhood were vigorously negotiated on the cultural front. Indonesia used cultural networks of the time, including those of the Cold War, to announce itself on the world stage. International links, post-colonial aspirations, and nationalistic fervor interacted to produce a thriving cultural and intellectual life at home.