Aguilar, F. V., 33, 94

amalgamation, 82, 126n19

amoy, 69, 112, 130n45, 131

Anderson, Benedict, xx, 15n8, 37–38

Ang, Ien, 6, 35, 74, 113, 179, 182

ang pao, 95, 109, 129n40, 147, 184

anti–Communist(s), 100, 107

assimilation, xvi, xxi, 1–3, 7, 28, 41, 42n8, 61, 69, 82, 97, 100–101, 104–105, 107–108, 113, 115, 119, 125–126n19

assimilationists, 104–105, 107, 127n31

assimilationist policies, xiii, xvi, 8, 10, 12–14, 19, 26–28, 34, 43n10, 50, 65, 69, 75, 94, 96, 101, 104, 107–108, 115–116, 119, 121–122, 125–126n19, 127n23, 128n32, 128n37, 133, 151, 156, 169–170, 177–178, 183, 190–191, 200

Appadurai, Arjunimagined nostalgia, xv, 8, 37, 41, 169

anti–Chinese riots1740 massacres in Java, 23–24

in Indonesia, 26, 29, 39, 163

in Jakarta. See May 1998tragedy/riots

Bahasa Indonesia, xx–xxi, 2, 14n4, 14n6, 28, 46, 59, 72, 81, 83, 101, 111, 115, 121, 177, 187–188, 199

Banda Aceh (Nanggoe Aceh Darussalam), 38, 64, 84, 86, 96–97, 136

Bangka (Bangka/Belitung), 64, 84, 86

Baperki (Badan PermusjawaratanKewarganegaraanIndonesia), 25–26, 123–124n5, 128n35

Bakrie, Aburizal, 123n2

Bakrie, Achmad, 32

Bert, Wayne, 25, 27

barongsai (lion dance), 107, 184–185, 194n6

Bhabha, Homi, 39, 170

Bengkulu, 84, 86

Biak Numfor (Papua), 64, 84, 86, 148, 152–153, 155–156, 158, 173n15, 176, 180

Bogdan, Robert, & Taylor, Steven J., 55

Brown, Colin, 29, 32

boundary assertion, 113, 124–125n12, 131n46