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A Victor's History: Labour Historiography of the New Order (Michele Ford, 2010)

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Michele Ford's 2010 article arguing the New Order consciously rewrote Indonesian labour history to justify a single state union (FBSI, 1973), comparing sixteen labour histories. Context on labour historiography; not Gerwani-specific.

Artikel Michele Ford 2010 yang berargumen Orde Baru sengaja menulis ulang sejarah buruh Indonesia untuk membenarkan satu serikat negara (FBSI, 1973), membandingkan enam belas sejarah buruh. Konteks historiografi buruh; tidak khusus Gerwani.

People

Michele FordAli MurtopoD.N. AiditS.K. Trimurti

Organisations

All-Indonesia Labour FederationAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationGasbiindo

Places

Indonesia

Topics

labour and workershistoriographyNew Order

Tags

new order narrative

Details

Date
2010
Creator
Ford
Document type
journal article (journal article)
Language
English
Perspective
Scholarship
Source role
secondary
Period
1999–present
Access
Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Ford, M. (2010). A victor's history: A comparative analysis of the labour historiography of Indonesia's New Order. Labor History, 51(4), 523–541. https://doi.org/10.1080/0023656X.2010.528991
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02 Secondary Sources/2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography/Ford (2010) - A Victors History, Labour Historiography of the New Order.pdf
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Good (0.928) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
02 Secondary Sources › 2.2 1965 Violence, Sexual Slander, Memory and Historiography
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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