Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions

Abstract

currency conversion rates from Indonesian rupiah effected some frustration. Most disappointing, however, is the index, which for many practical purposes is useless, omitting as it does major keywords (such as development; economy/economics; education; Java; Islam; Muslim(s); religion) while including numerous redundant and incomplete index entries for authors whose work is cited in the text and bibliography. If readers are willing to persevere and read Kampung, Islam and State in Urban Java in its entirety they will be rewarded with important insights about the practices and processes of making and unmaking community in urban Java. This is a valuable resource book for anyone with an interest in community development, urban society and state-societal relations in modern Indonesia. More broadly, it will appeal to those interested in the changing phenomenon of the kampung across a rapidly urbanising Malay world.