A Malay Frontier Contributor(s): Drakard, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0877277060 ISBN-13: 9780877277064 Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications OUR PRICE: $23.71 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1990 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
Dewey: 959.81 |
LCCN: 90216629 |
Series: Studies on Southeast Asia |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 7" W x 10" (0.87 lbs) 215 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |