History of the Indian Archipelago : Containing an Account of the Manners, Art, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of its Inhabitants
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108056156
ISBN-13
9781108056151
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 18th, 2013
Print length
594 Pages
Weight
748 grams
Dimensions
21.40 x 13.90 x 3.70 cms
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Published in 1820, this acclaimed three-volume work by the administrator and ethnologist John Crawfurd (1783–1868) offers insight into the peoples and cultures of the Indonesian islands, principally Java. Volume 2 examines language, religion and history, and the impact of Islam, Christianity and European colonisation.
Trained as a doctor, John Crawfurd (1783–1868) went on to have a distinguished career in colonial administration with the East India Company. He held senior posts in Java from 1811 to 1816, including that of resident at the court of Yogyakarta. A talented linguist and ethnologist, Crawfurd acquired a sound knowledge of ancient Kawi and contemporary Javanese. Upon his return to Britain in 1817, he became a fellow of the Royal Society and published this three-volume work on the Indonesian islands, principally Java, to great acclaim. Following further service abroad, he published accounts of his various missions in south-east Asia and an encyclopaedic sequel to the present work (all of which are reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Volume 2 examines language, literature, religion, and history, and the impact of Islam, Christianity and European colonisation.
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