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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501719080
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.81 20
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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