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Contest for hegemony: The dynamics of inland and maritime cultures relations in the history of Java island, Indonesia
The main purpose of this article is to analyze the dynamics of relation between inland
and maritime cultures in an insular region by taking Java island, Indonesia, as an object of study.
Java island is located in the midst of Indonesian archipelago which is geographically recognized as
the ‘‘maritime continent’’ and the widest insular region in the world. During the history, Java has
been one of the most important islands not only in the Indonesian archipelago but also in Southeast
Asian region. It is interesting that Java has not only varied maritime cultures but also feudalistic
inland culture. Moreover, during the course of history there has been a latent contesting relationship
among the two different types of culture, which has been coloring the history of Indonesia at
large till the present day.
KEYWORDS:
Inland culture;
Maritime culture;
Insular region;
Maritime continent
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