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A kingdom of words: language and power in Sumatera / Jane Drakard.
LIBRA DS632.M4 D73 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drakard, Jane.
- Series:
- South-East Asian historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Kings and rulers.
- Minangkabau (Indonesian people).
- Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--History--Sources.
- History.
- Sumatera Barat (Indonesia)--History--Sources.
- Sumatera Barat (Indonesia).
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book is the first detailed analysis of royal authority in the central Sumatran kingdom of Minangkabau between the seventeenth and the nineteenth centuries. It examines the language of kingship and the practice of royal signs in Sumatra. Authoritative works, it is argued, were a crucial source of empowerment to local communities in a period of change and external challenge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-311) and index.
- ISBN:
- 983560035X
- OCLC:
- 39078713
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