Held's history of Sumbawa : an annotated translation / [Gerrit Jan Held ; translated by] Hans Hägerdal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Held, G. H. (Gerrit Jan), 1906-1955, author.

Contributor:

Hägerdal, Hans, translator.

Series:

Asian history ; 2.

Asian History ; 2

Standardized Title:

Sumbawa. English

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Sumbawa Island (Indonesia)--History.

Sumbawa Island (Indonesia).

Indonesia--Sumbawa Island.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

212 pages : illustrations, map, genealogical tables ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

History of Sumbawa

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

Translated from Dutch.

Summary:

Sumbawa is a medium-sized island in eastern Indonesia which has a particularly interesting past. In the premodern era it lay on the trade routes that connected the north coasts of the islands of Melaka and Java with the spice-producing areas in Maluku, while Sumbawa itself exported horses, sappan wood, and rice. Its recorded history covers periods of Hindu-Javanese influence, the Southeast Asian Age of Commerce, early Islamisation, and Dutch colonialism. Dutch Indologist Gerrit Jan Held wrote this book in 1955 but died before it could be published; this volume represents its first translation into English, and includes extensive footnotes that set it in context of current research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.

ISBN:

9789462981614

9462981612

OCLC:

988848369