A Malay frontier unity and duality in a Sumatran kingdom
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...
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Ithaca, NY
Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University
1990
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction; 2. European Perceptions of Barus 1668-1840; 3. Two Malay Texts; 4. Two Origin Stories; 5. A Common Past: Episodes One, Two, and Three; 6. A Dual Settlement: Episodes Four and Five; 7. Crisis and Denouement: Episodes Six and Seven; 8. Conclusion: Unity and Duality; Genealogies;