Author: William MarsdenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The History of Sumatra
Author: William MarsdenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
The History of Sumatra
Author: William MarsdenPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The History of Sumatra" (Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And / Manners Of The Native Inhabitants) by William Marsden. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The History of Sumatra
Author: William MarsdenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
An Indonesian Frontier
Author: Anthony ReidPublisher: NUS Press
ISBN: 9789971692988
Category : Aceh (Indonesia)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This book is the fruit of 40 years study of Sumatran history, from the 16th century to the present. While seeking patterns of coherence in the vast island frontier, this book focuses on Aceh, which has both the most illustrious state history and the most troubled present.
Sumatra
Author: Edwin Meyer LoebPublisher:
ISBN: 9789020075045
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Forgotten Kingdoms in Sumatra
Author: G. L. TichelmanPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : id
Pages : 340
Book Description
The History of Sumatra
Author: William MarsdenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108050484
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 543
Book Description
A late eighteenth-century account of Sumatra, (reissued here in its 1811 third edition) by an orientalist and public servant.
Musical Journeys in Sumatra
Author: Margaret KartomiPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252036719
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Featuring unique photographs and original drawings from Kartomi's field observations of instruments and performances, Musical Journeys in Sumatra provides a comprehensive musical introduction to this neglected, very large island, with its hundreds of ethno-linguistic-musical groups. Kartomi is a professor of music at Monash University in Australia.
The History of Sumatra
Author: William MarsdenPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 531
Book Description
The History of Sumatra is a book by William Marsden. It provides the reader with an account of the leadership, laws, traditions and manners of the native inhabitants of Sumatra. Excerpt: "The most obvious division, and which has been usually made by the writers of voyages, is that of Mahometan inhabitants of the sea-coast, and Pagans of the inland country. This division, though not without its degree of propriety, is vague and imperfect; not only because each description of people differ considerably among themselves, but that the inland inhabitants are, in some places, Mahometans, and those of the coast, in others, what they term Pagans."
Americans in Sumatra
Author: James W. GouldPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401188467
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
There is a common belief that until recently Americans have preferred isolation to interest in remote areas such as Southeast Asia. This thesis can be tested by examining the history of American relations with a place on the opposite side of the globe from the United States. Such a land is Sumatra. It is one of the largest islands in the world. Its I66,789 square mile area exceeds that of the third largest American state, California, and is larger than Italy. Lying halfway around the world from the United States, its I050 mile length is almost divided by the equator, which runs across it for 285 miles. Sumatra's strategic importance is two-fold. Firstly, it is the first island stepping stone from the Asiatic mainland into the Australasian archipelago. This was demonstrated in I942 when the United States stationed planes on Sumatra in an attempt to stem the Japanese advance southward. Secondly, it lies athwart the shortest sea routes from Eastern Asia to Europe and the Eastern United States. Sumatra's southern tip forms one side of the Straits of Sunda which guards the access to the Java, China and Philippine Seas. At the island's northern tip is the entrance to the Straits of Malacca, the shortest sea lane be tween the Near and Far East. The opening of the Suez Canal in I869 shifted the shortest route between the Far East and the Western World from the Sunda to the Malacca Straits.