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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University,
1990.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. European Perceptions Of Bams 1668-1840
- 3. Two Malay Texts
- 4. Two Origin Stories
- 5. A Common Past: Episodes One, Two, And Three
- 6. A Dual Settlement: Episodes Four And Five
- 7. Crisis And Denouement: Episodes Six And Seven
- 8. Conclusion: Unity And Duality
- Genealogies
- Bibliography
- Index