What holds Indonesia together? In The Making of Middle Indonesia, Gerry van Klinken develops an innovative historical explanation that looks beyond national elites to middle classes in provincial towns.

Gerry van Klinken is senior researcher at KITLV, Leiden, and professor of Southeast Asian history at the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on twentieth century Indonesia, including In Search of Middle Indonesia (edited with Ward Berenschot, 2014).