viii Acknowledgements
these fine folks from any responsibility for errors, shortcomings, and misappre-
hensions in what follows, all of which I claim as my own.
Doing this kind of work can require considerable financing. The National
Science Foundation (through grant number SBR 98-09044 to the University of
Iowa), the Fulbright Foundation through the Fulbright-Hays program, and the
United States-Indonesia Society provided much needed support. Closer to
home, the University of Iowa has been extremely generous. Funding was re-
ceived from the Arts and Humanities Initiative, the May Brodbeck Fellowship
in the Humanities, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, the Stanley
International Programs-Obermann Center Research Fellowship, the Social
Sciences Funding Program, the College of Liberal Arts Summer Fellowship for
Senior Faculty, and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies.
My sincere thanks to all.