Held's history of Sumbawa: an annotated translation

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Held's history of Sumbawa: an annotated translation

[Gerrit Jan Held] ; [translated by] Hans Hägerdal

(Asian history, 2)

Amsterdam University Press, c2017

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Sumbawa is a medium-sized island in eastern Indonesia which has a particularly interesting past. In the premodern era it lay on the trade routes that connected the north coasts of the islands of Melaka and Java with the spice-producing areas in Maluku, while Sumbawa itself exported horses, sappan wood, and rice. Its recorded history covers periods of Hindu-Javanese influence, the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, early Islamisation, and Dutch colonialism. Dutch Indologist Gerrit Jan Held wrote this book in 1955 but died before it could be published; this volume represents its first translation into English, and includes extensive footnotes that set it in context of current research.

Table of Contents

1. Translator's introduction 2. The ancient period 3. Islam and Makassar 4. The Sumbawan kingdoms under VOC suzerainty (1) 5. The Sumbawan kingdoms under VOC suzerainty (2) 6. In the wake of the Tambora disaster 7. From colonial rule to independence Appendix: Lists of Sumbawan rulers

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Details

  • NCID
    BB25608929
  • ISBN
    • 9789462981614
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    dut
  • Place of Publication
    Amsterdam
  • Pages/Volumes
    212 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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