Table of Contents

Introduction: Icons of Memory and Forgetting Chapter 1. 1904: Imperial Frames Chapter 2. 1904-1942: Epistemic Anxiety and Denial Chapter 3. 1942-1966: Compartmentalized and Multidirectional Memory Chapter 4. 1966-2010: Emerging Memory Conclusion Bibliography List of Places Where the 1904 Photographs Can Be Found

About the Author

Paul Bijl is assistant professor of modern Dutch literature at the University of Amsterdam and an affiliated fellow at KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies. In his current research project, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), he investigates the transnational circulation of the letters of the Javanese writer Kartini (1879-1904) in Indonesia, Europe and the United States.

Reviews

"Essential reading for anyone with the slightest acquaintance with modern Dutch history."-- "Low Countries Historical Review"