Title: Irian Jaya under the gun : Indonesian economic development versus West Papuan nationalism /
Authors: Elmslie, Jim.
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Nationalism Indonesia Papua.; Papua (Indonesia) Politics and government.; Papua (Indonesia) Economic conditions.
Contents: A historical overview of Irian Jaya -- West Papuan nationalism versus Indonesian incorporation --A history of the OPM and Papuan resistance to Indonesian rule -- Economic expansion and Indonesian immigration in Irian Jaya -- A statistical profile of Irian Jaya's economy -- International media, political activism and the OPM : a personal perspective -- The politics of culture clash : the Freeport Copper Mine and the Amungme people -- West Papuan political activism in Australia -- The OPM central command -- The 1996 Mapenduma Hostage Crisis -- Indonesian politics in 1996 : the Suharto regime under challenge : Irian Jaya erupts -- The collapse of the Indonesian economy and Suharto's downfall : the impact on Irian Jaya -- Irian Jaya in 1998-1999 : a window opening? -- Independence for East Timor and a 'national dialogue' for West Papua.