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Engineers of Happy Land

- Technology and Nationalism in a Colony

About Engineers of Happy Land

Based on close reading of historical documents - poetry as much as statistics - and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). It invents a way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780691091624
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 336
  • Published:
  • March 23, 2002
  • Dimensions:
  • 234x157x24 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 558 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 25, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Engineers of Happy Land

Based on close reading of historical documents - poetry as much as statistics - and focused on the conceptualization of technology, this book is an unconventional evocation of late colonial Netherlands East Indies (today Indonesia). It invents a way to talk about freedom, colonialism, nationalism, literature, revolution, and human nature.

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