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The Bugis / Christian Pelras.
Penn Museum Library DS632.B85 P45 1996
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Van Pelt Library DS632.B85 P45 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pelras, Christian.
- Series:
- Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific
- The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bugis (Malay people)--History.
- Bugis (Malay people).
- Bugis (Malay people)--Social life and customs.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1996.
- Summary:
- This book is the first to describe the history of the Bugis. It ranges from their origins 40,000 years ago to the present and provides a complete picture of contemporary Bugis society. It is based on the Author's extensive field research over the last thirty years, on oral tradition, written epics and chronicles, on travelers' tales from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and on the latest research by Western and Asian scholars in the fields of archaeology, history, linguistics and anthropology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0631172319
- OCLC:
- 33207980
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