Held's History of Sumbawa : : An Annotated Translation / / Hans Hägerdal.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Hägerdal, Hans,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Asian History ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 6 halftones, 3 line drawings

Sumbawa is a medium-sized island in eastern Indonesia that 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 Islamization, 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 it includes extensive footnotes that set it in context of current research.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Translator'S Introduction -- 1.The Ancient Period -- 2.Islam And Makassar -- 3.The Sumbawan Kingdoms Under Voc Suzerainty (1) -- 4.The Sumbawan Kingdoms Under Voc Suzerainty (2) -- 5.In The Wake Of The Tambora Disaster -- 6.From Colonial Rule To Independence -- Appendix: Lists Of Sumbawan Rulers -- Bibliography -- Index