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What holds Indonesia together? 'A strong leader' is the answer most often given. This book looks instead at a middle level of society. Middle classes in provincial towns around the vast archipelago mediate between the state and society and help to constitute state power. 'Middle Indonesia' is a social zone connecting extremes. The Making of Middle Indonesia examines the rise of an indigenous middle class in one provincial town far removed from the capital city. Spanning the late colonial to early New Order periods, it develops an unusual, associational notion of political power. 'Soft' modalities of power included non-elite provincial people in the emerging Indonesian state. At the same time, growing inequalities produced class tensions that exploded in violence in 1965-1966.

Middle class --- City and town life --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Communities - Social Classes --- Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- City life --- Town life --- Urban life --- Bourgeoisie --- Commons (Social order) --- Middle classes --- Social conditions --- Kotamadya Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) --- Kota Administratip Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) --- Kota Kupang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) --- Koepang (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) --- Kupang City (Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia) --- Kupang, Indonesia --- Sociology, Urban --- Social classes --- City and town life. --- Economic history. --- Middle class. --- Indonesia --- History, Economic --- Economics