This research discusses about the social economic history of Yogyakarta during 1950s. The main problem is to analyze how the newly independent country of Indonesia dealt with unemployment after the revolutionary period. This research employs the historical method using primary and secondary sources, such as archives, newspapers, magazines, interviews, and reviews of relevant references. There are four conclusions in this research. First, although the period was called as the period of creating jobs, the unemployment number in early 1950s was increasing. Second, this unemployment problem was not primarily caused by the economic condition but also by demographic problems and the legacies from the Revolution Era. Third, people who were categorized as unemployed were not only labors, but also veterans. Fourth, for the government, solving this unemployment problem was the effort to create economic improvement for its society.
The history of historical writing in Indonesia is interesting to observe. This is because the history of writing Indonesian history continues to experience development. One of the developments in Indonesian historiography is how Indonesia-centric historiography is not only dominated by narratives of political history. The dominance of political history narratives in Indonesian historiography also influences the study of Indonesian national history. In fact, the past life of the Indonesian people was not only dominated by political life. At present, Indonesian historiography tries to provide space for historical studies that are not only dominated by political history, one of which is by presenting the history of everyday life. This is a first step for historians to present a more complete and thorough narrative of the past. However, writing the history of everyday life raises other challenges, one of which is that the use of conventional historical sources usually does not present narratives of everyday life. For that, it is necessary to use unconventional historical sources. Abstrak Sejarah penulisan sejarah di Indonesia menarik untuk dicermati. Hal ini dikarenakan sejarah penulisan sejarah Indonesia (Historiografi Indonesiasentris) terus mengalami perkembangan. Salah satu perkembangan yang terjadi dalam historiografi Indonesia adalah bagaimana historiografi Indonesiasentris tidak hanya didominasi narasi sejarah politik. Dominasi narasi sejarah politik dalam historiografi Indonesia ini turut berpengaruh terhadap kajian sejarah nasional Indonesia. Padahal, kehidupan masa lalu bangsa Indonesia tidak hanya didominasi oleh kehidupan politik saja. Di masa kini, historiografi Indonesia berusaha memberikan ruang terhadap kajian sejarah yang tidak hanya didominasi sejarah politik saja, salah satunya dengan menghadirkan sejarah kehidupan sehari-hari. Ini adalah sebuah Langkah awal dari para sejarawan untuk menghadirkan narasi masa lalu yang lebih lengkap dan menyeluruh. Namun, menulis sejarah kehidupan sehari-hari ternyata menimbulkan tantangan permasalahan lain, salah satunya adalah penggunaan sumber sejarah konvensional biasanya tidak menghadirkan narasi kehidupan sehari-hari. Untuk itu, diperlukan penggunaan sumber sejarah yang tidak konvensional.
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