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A brief history of Bali : piracy, slavery, opium and guns : the story of an island paradise / Willard A. Hanna ; with a new introduction & epilogue by Tim Hannigan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanna, Willard A. (Willard Anderson), 1911-1993, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bali (Indonesia : Province)--History.
- Bali (Indonesia : Province).
- Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Civilization.
- Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Social life and customs.
- Bali (Indonesia : Province)--Social conditions.
- Civilization.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- Indonesia--Bali (Province).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Second Periplus edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- When the first Dutch ships arrived in Bali in 1597, four trusted crew members were sent ashore to woo the focal ruler. Two of them deserted and remained on the island. The wealthiest man on Bali in the 1840s was a charming Danish trader. Mads Lange, who dealt in opium, rice and slaves-and inhabits a lavish compound in Kuta with a private orchestra and well-stocked wine cellar. Dutch military expeditions sent to punish Bali's rulers in 1398 and 1908 were greeted at the palace gates by a carefully choreographed mass ritual suicide of the king and his courtiers, all dressed in white. This book tells the fascinating story of Bali-Indonesia's "island paradise"-its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the outside world. It sketches the culture and politics of the island against the backdrop of an economic dilemma that has confronted the Balinese for centuries-how to preserve their unique identity in the face of foreign incursions. The arrival of Europeans a century ago forever changed the "real, unspoiled" Bali. This is a story of the vulnerability-and durability-of an ancient culture facing the modern world. A new introduction and epilogues by Jim Hannigan place Bali within the context of modern Indonesian culture and describe the impact that tourism is currently having on the island. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Dewa Agung and the Rajas (Pre-1800) 15
- Chapter 2 Western Intruders (Pre-1800) 27
- Chapter 3 Recruitment, Trade and Travel (1800-1830) 42
- Chapter 4 Monopoly and Sovereignty, Plunder and Salvage (1830-1843) 59
- Chapter 5 Balinese and Europeans in Turbulent Lombok (1824-1843) 78
- Chapter 6 Punitive Expeditions (1846-1849) 90
- Chapter 7 Saga of a Danish Trader (1834-1856) 108
- Chapter 8 Evolution of the Colonial Empire (1849-1900)126
- Chapter 9 Disintegration of the Dewa Agung's Empire (1832-1908) 142
- Chapter 10 Tragedy in Lombok (1891-1894) 159
- Chapter 11 Turn of Century Tour (1902) 171
- Chapter 12 Ethical Interlude (1908-1930) 187
- Chapter 13 Euphoria and Trauma (1930-1955) 209
- Chapter 14 Decade of Disaster (1955-1965) 229.
- Notes:
- First published as Bali profile: people, events, circumstances (1001-1976) by American Universities Field Staff, New York, 1976 ; First Periplus edition as Bali chronicles, 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780804847315
- 0804847312
- OCLC:
- 960496616
- Publisher Number:
- 99969654375
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