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A Malay Frontier : Unity and Duality in a Sumatran Kingdom /

The way in which Malays construe ideas about authority and government is the subject of this book. Focusing upon an often-ignored section of the Malay archipelago, Barus, a small kingdom on the coast of northwest Sumatra, the author compares readings based upon the royal chronicles of Hilir and Hulu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Drakard, Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1990.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Sumario:The way in which Malays construe ideas about authority and government is the subject of this book. Focusing upon an often-ignored section of the Malay archipelago, Barus, a small kingdom on the coast of northwest Sumatra, the author compares readings based upon the royal chronicles of Hilir and Hulu Barus. She examines the relationship between the upland and the lowland to study the character of Malay political culture in Barus.
Notas:Based on the author's thesis (M.A.)--Monash University.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (215 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781501719080