Postcards from a Past
Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 19501980
by Scott Merrillees, Equinox Publishing 2015,
ISBN 978-602-70213-0-3,
hardcover, 160 pages, dimensions 27 x 29 x 2 cm.
Within these pages one is able to see what the capital looked like in the fairly recent past and understand how its development shaped what the megalopolis has become today. The book only explores the growth of Jakarta's physical landscape between 1950 and 1980 when the city became the capital of Indonesia after national sovereignty had finally been recognized by the Netherlands.
August 11, 2015
Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital 19501980
by Scott Merrillees, Equinox Publishing 2015,
ISBN 978-602-70213-0-3,
hardcover, 160 pages, dimensions 27 x 29 x 2 cm.
Within these pages one is able to see what the capital looked like in the fairly recent past and understand how its development shaped what the megalopolis has become today. The book only explores the growth of Jakarta's physical landscape between 1950 and 1980 when the city became the capit
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