The Book of Jakarta

Author: utiuts
Publisher: Comma Press
ISBN: 1912697505
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141

Book Description
A young woman takes a driverless taxi through the streets of Jakarta, only to discover that the destination she is hurtling towards is now entirely submerged... A group of elderly women visit a famous amusement park for one last ride, but things don’t go quite according to plan... The day before her wedding, a bride risks everything to meet her former lover at their favourite seafood restaurant on the other side of the tracks... Despite being the world’s fourth largest nation – made up of over 17,000 islands – very little of Indonesian history and contemporary politics are known to outsiders. From feudal states and sultanates to a Cold War killing field and a now struggling, flawed democracy – the country’s political history, as well as its literature, defies easy explanation. Like Indonesia itself, the capital city Jakarta is a multiplicity; irreducible, unpredictable and full of surprises. Traversing the different neighbourhoods and districts, the stories gathered here attempt to capture the essence of contemporary Jakarta and its writing, as well as the ever-changing landscape of the fastest-sinking city in the world. Translated by Mikael Johani, Zoe McLaughlin, Shaffira Gayatri, Khairani Barokka, Daniel Owen, Paul Agusta, Eliza Vitri Handayani, Syarafina Vidyadhana, Rara Rizal and Annie Tucker.

The Jakarta Method

Author: Vincent Bevins
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1541724011
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2020 BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely because the CIA's secret interventions were so successful. In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony collected across twelve countries to reveal a shocking legacy that spans the globe. For decades, it's been believed that parts of the developing world passed peacefully into the U.S.-led capitalist system. The Jakarta Method demonstrates that the brutal extermination of unarmed leftists was a fundamental part of Washington's final triumph in the Cold War.

Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City

Author: Herald van der Linde
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814928011
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237

Book Description
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.

Coming to Jakarta

Author: Peter Dale Scott
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811210959
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
Not since Robert Duncan's Ground Work and before that William Carlos Williams' Paterson has New Directions published a long poem as important as Coming to Jakarta! --James Laughlin

Jakarta Inside Out

Author: Daniel Ziv
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (Indonesia)
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : id
Pages : 196

Book Description

Jakarta Missing

Author: Jane Kurtz
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062239260
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Dakar is scared. When her family left East Africa to spend a year or two in Cottonwood, North Dakota, Dakar's older sister, Jakarta, was adamant about staying behind. Now Jakarta is all by herself in Kenya...and she's missing. It's terrible to go through life cringing, sure that at any minute a blow is going to come from somewhere. Dakar doesn't want to worry, but she can't help it. What if Jakarta was in the middle of a Nairobi bombing? What if Mom gets caught by hoodies and forced back into that place when Jakarta isn't even there to help? What if Dad decides to go off to save lives and is seized by some mysterious disease? If Dakar were able to do three really brave things, would that be enough to keep her family together? Almost everything in Cottonwood, North Dakota, requires bravery from a girl who has grown up in Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Senegal. The possibility of a new friend, navigating a new school, and preparing for snow—the first Dakar will ever see—is the least of it. Jakarta is missing...when she's home and when she's not. And for Jakarta, Dakar will battle the universe.

Planning the Megacity

Author: Christopher Silver
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135991219
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 497

Book Description
In this book, the first on the planning history of Jarkarta, able expert Christopher Silver describes how planning has shaped urban development in Southeast Asia, and in particular how its largest city, Jakarta, Indonesia, was transformed from a colonial capital of approximately 150,000 in 1900 to a megacity of 12–13 million inhabitants in 2000. Placing the city's planning history within local, national and international contexts, exploring not only the formal planning actions, but how planning was shaped by broader political, economic, social and cultural factors in Indonesia’s development, this book is an excellent resource for academics, students and professionals involved in urban planning, history and geography as well as other interested parties.

Jakarta EE Cookbook

Author: Elder Moraes
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1838640320
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 371

Book Description
An enterprise Java developer's guide to learning JAX-RS, context and dependency injection, JavaServer Faces (JSF), and microservices with Eclipse MicroProfile using the latest features of Jakarta EE Key FeaturesExplore Jakarta EE's latest features and API specifications and discover their benefitsBuild and deploy microservices using Jakarta EE 8 and Eclipse MicroProfileBuild robust RESTful web services for various enterprise scenarios using the JAX-RS, JSON-P, and JSON-B APIsBook Description Jakarta EE is widely used around the world for developing enterprise applications for a variety of domains. With this book, Java professionals will be able to enhance their skills to deliver powerful enterprise solutions using practical recipes. This second edition of the Jakarta EE Cookbook takes you through the improvements introduced in its latest version and helps you get hands-on with its significant APIs and features used for server-side development. You'll use Jakarta EE for creating RESTful web services and web applications with the JAX-RS, JSON-P, and JSON-B APIs and learn how you can improve the security of your enterprise solutions. Not only will you learn how to use the most important servers on the market, but you'll also learn to make the best of what they have to offer for your project. From an architectural point of view, this Jakarta book covers microservices, cloud computing, and containers. It allows you to explore all the tools for building reactive applications using Jakarta EE and core Java features such as lambdas. Finally, you'll discover how professionals can improve their projects by engaging with and contributing to the community. By the end of this book, you'll have become proficient in developing and deploying enterprise applications using Jakarta EE. What you will learnWork with Jakarta EE's most commonly used APIs and features for server-side developmentEnable fast and secure communication in web applications with the help of HTTP2Build enterprise applications with reusable componentsBreak down monoliths into microservices using Jakarta EE and Eclipse MicroProfileImprove your enterprise applications with multithreading and concurrencyRun applications in the cloud with the help of containersGet to grips with continuous delivery and deployment for shipping your applications effectivelyWho this book is for This book is for Java EE developers who want to build enterprise applications or update their legacy apps with Jakarta EE's latest features and specifications. Some experience of working with Java EE and knowledge of web and cloud computing will assist with understanding the concepts covered in this book.

Beginning Jakarta EE

Author: Peter Späth
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1484250796
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
Build Java-based enterprise applications using the open source Eclipse Jakarta EE platform. This feature-packed book teaches you enterprise Java development top to bottom. It covers Java web-tier development using servlets, JavaServer Faces (JSF), RESTful applications, and JSON. You’ll also cover Java data-tier development using persistence and transaction handling, messaging services, remote procedure calls, concurrency, and security to round out a complete Java-based enterprise application. Step by step and easy to follow, Beginning Jakarta EE includes many practical examples. Written by a Java expert and consultant, this book contains the best information possible on enterprise Java technologies. You’ll see that Jakarta EE is the next evolution of Java EE 8 and how it is one of the leading Java platforms for enterprise application development. What You Will LearnBuild enterprise Java applications using Jakarta EESet up your development environmentCreate page-flow web applications with JSF Write single-page web applications with REST and JSONPersist data using JPA in Jakarta EEBuild enterprise Java modules using EJBs and CDI Work with transaction engines using JTA Secure, log, and monitor your Jakarta EE applications Who This Book Is For Beginning Java EE application developers with some experience of Java 8.

Indonesia

Author: Stephen Backshall
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858289915
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 1172

Book Description
This newly designed edition includes a full-colour section at the front of the guide featuring the authors'' selected highlights of the country. Throughout there is in-depth coverage of all the sights from Bali''s stunning white beaches and temples tothe enigmatic ruins of Java and the jungles of Sumatra. There are first-hand recommendations of the best places to surf, dive and trek and comprehensive listings of the best-value accommodation and eateries for all budgets. A detailed contexts section provides the reader with informed background on Indonesia''s history, religions and music.