Revised papers originally presented at a workshop, Leiden, 13-15 December, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genealogy of violence / Henk Schulte Nordholt -- Telling tales, cutting throats : the guts of Putu Wijaya / Henk M.J. Maier -- State violence and the police in colonial Indonesia circa 1920 : exploration of a theme / Elsbeth Locher-Scholten -- Generalized violence : a case study of the Ombilin coal mines, 1892-1996 / Erwiza Erman -- Violence on North Sumatra's plantations / Budi Agustono -- Shadows of an unseen hand : some patterns of violence in the Indonesian revolution, 1945-1949 / William H. Frederick -- In fear of the people : Suharto and the justification of state-sponsored violence under the New Order / R.E. Elson -- It's the military, stupid! / Liem Soei Liong -- From total people's defence to massacre : explaining Indonesian military violence in East Timor / Robert Cribb -- Fruitless search for a smoking gun : tracing the origins of violence in East Timor / Geoffrey Robinson -- Good, the bad and the ugly : explaining the unexplainable : amuk massa in Indonesia / Kees van Dijk -- Maling, maling! : the lynching of petty criminals / Freek Colombijn