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The Wheel of Fortune: The History of a Poor Community in Jakarta

Author Lea Jellinek
Publisher Univ of Hawaii Pr
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Author(s)Lea Jellinek
ISBN / ASIN0824813812
ISBN-139780824813819
Sales Rank5,477,569
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸

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This informative book: The Wheel of Fortune: The History of a Poor Community in Jakarta is interesting. The Wheel of Fortune describes the rapid change experienced by a small community living at the center of Jakarta, Indonesia. Between 1930s and the 1980s a market on the edge of Batavia was transformed into a shanty town and finally multistory flats. This book focuses on the lives of a number of individuals.