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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS, ART, LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, INSTITUTIONS, AND COMMERCE OF ITS INHABITANTS |
| By: |
John Crawfurd |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108056164 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108056168 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
28 February, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Pages: |
576 |
| Description: |
Published in 1820, this acclaimed three-volume work offers insight into the peoples and cultures of the Indonesian islands, principally Java. |
| Synopsis: |
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 3 examines political institutions and commerce, covering major exports and imports along with demographics, public revenue and laws. |
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3 b/w illus. 1 map |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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