The spell of power : : a history of Balinese politics, 1650-1940 / / H. Schulte Nordholt.

• Author: Schulte Nordholt, Henk, 1953-
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 170.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Chapter I: Introduction /; Chapter II: The rise of Mengwi, 1700-1770 /; Chapter III: Crisis, 1770-1823 /; Chapter IV: Restoration, 1823-1871 /; Chapter V: Violence and order /; Chapter VI: Disaster and destruction, 1872-1891 /; Chapter VII: Colonial penetration, 1892-1908 /; Chapter VIII: Colonial reorganization, 1906-1920 /; CHAPTER IX: Turning tide and crisis, 1920-1940 /; Chapter X: From fluidity to fixation /; Genealogy of the Mengwi dynasty /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-377) and index.
• ISBN: 9004253750
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: H. Schulte Nordholt.

Note: This title was out of printing Re-issued in its original form in 2010. The first comprehensive history of Balinese politics from the middle of the 17th century till the end of Dutch colonial rule in 1942. Based on extensive research in colonial archives in the Netherlands and Indonesia, a variety of Balinese historical narratives, interviews with former colonial officials as well as many Balinese, and fieldwork data concerning temples, rituals, and oral histories. Schulte Nordholt traces Balinese history by means of a collective biography of the Mengwi dynasty, describing the rise to power, the formation and expansion of a negara , the subsequent crises, and its fall in 1891. Between 1906 and 1942 Bali became part of the Dutch colonial state and experienced bureaucratic rule and processes that resulted in a ‘traditionalization’ of Balinese kingship and culture. The story of the Mengwi dynasty under colonial rule ended in a conflict between two factions. This conflict had an unexpected but devastating outcome.