List of Illustrations.- List of Maps.- Preface .- A Note on Orthography.- Abbreviations and Acronyms.- PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN ERA The Coming of Islam.- General Aspects of Pre-Colonial States and Major Empires, c. 1300-1500.- The Arrival of the Europeans in Indonesia, c.1509-1620.- The Rise of New States, c.1500-1650.- Literary, Religions and Cultural Legacies.- PART II: STRUGGLES FOR HEGEMONY, c. 1630-1800 Eastern Indonesia, c.1630-1800.- Western Indonesia, c.1640-1800.- Java, c. 1640-82.- Java, Madura and the VOC, c.1680-1745.- Java and the VOC, c.1745-92.- PART III: THE CREATION OF A COLONIAL STATE, c.1800-1910 Java, 1792-1830.- Java, 1830-1900.- The Outer Islands, c. 1800-1910.- PART IV: THE EMERGENCE OF THE IDEA OF INDONESIA, c.1900-42 A New Colonial Age.- The First Steps Towards National Revival, c.1900-27.- Repression and Economic Crisis, 1927-42.- PART V: THE DESTRUCTION OF THE COLONIAL STATE, 1942-50 The Second World War and the Japanese Occupation, 1942-5.- The Revolution, 1945-50.- PART VI: INDEPENDENT INDONESIA The First Democratic Experiment, 1950-7.- Guided Democracy, 1957-65.- Creating the New Order, 1965-75.- The New Order at its Peak, 1976-88.- The Challenge, Crisis and Collapse of the New Order, 1989-98.- Creating a New Democratic Order, 1998-2001.- Reforming Indonesia, 1998-2004.- Indonesia since 2004.- Notes and References.- Bibliography.- Maps.- Index.