Author: Lady Sophia RafflesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Malay Archipelago
Languages : en
Pages : 823
Book Description
Memoir of the Life and Public Service of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c
Author: Lady Sophia RafflesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Malay Archipelago
Languages : en
Pages : 823
Book Description
Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S., &c. &c., Particularly in the Government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and Its Dependencies, 1817-1824
Author: Lady Sophia RafflesMemoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Author: Lady Sophia RafflesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonial administrators
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S. &c
Author: Lady Sophia RafflesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonial administrators
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Author: Sophia RafflesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108066046
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 867
Book Description
This 1830 biography of Singapore's founder presents a detailed portrait of a key figure of British colonialism in the East Indies.
Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles ... Particularly in the Government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and Its Dependencies, 1817-1824 : with Details of the Commerce and Resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and Selections from His Correspondence
Author: Lady Sophia RafflesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Colonial administrators
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Shi'ism In South East Asia
Author: Chiara FormichiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190613157
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for 'Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasizes how such sentiments and associated practices are seen as part of broad traditions shared by many Muslims, which might or might not have their origins in a specifically Shi'a identity. In doing so, it facilitates the movement of academic discussions out from under the shadow of polemical sectarian discourses on 'Shi'ism' in Southeast Asia. The chapters include presentations of new material from previously unpublished early manuscript sources from Muslim vernacular literatures in the Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Acehnese and Bugis languages, as well as rich new ethnography from across the region. These studies engage with cultural, intellectual, and performative traditions, as well as the ways in which 'Alid piety has been transformed in relation to more strictly sectarian identifications since the Iranian revolution in 1979.
Bibliotheca indosinica
Author: Henri CordierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assam (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Eruptions that Shook the World
Author: Clive OppenheimerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139496395
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
What does it take for a volcanic eruption to really shake the world? Did volcanic eruptions extinguish the dinosaurs, or help humans to evolve, only to decimate their populations with a super-eruption 73,000 years ago? Did they contribute to the ebb and flow of ancient empires, the French Revolution and the rise of fascism in Europe in the 19th century? These are some of the claims made for volcanic cataclysm. Volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer explores rich geological, historical, archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records (such as ice cores and tree rings) to tell the stories behind some of the greatest volcanic events of the past quarter of a billion years. He shows how a forensic approach to volcanology reveals the richness and complexity behind cause and effect, and argues that important lessons for future catastrophe risk management can be drawn from understanding events that took place even at the dawn of human origins.
Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811
Author: Claudius James RichPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Babylon (Extinct city)
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description