Leadership and social mobility in a Southeast Asian society : : Minahasa, 1677-1983 / / M.J.C. Schouten.

Warfare and wealth were the major means for acquiring status in precolonial Minahasa (North Sulawesi). The author argues that the quest for power and prestige is an ongoing concern among Minahasans. Based on extensive anthropological and historical research, this book focuses on patterns and process...

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Superior document:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 179
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : KITLV,, [1998]
©1998
Year of Publication:1998
Language:English
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 179.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 pages)
Notes:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1993.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Preface / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Maps / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Glossary of Minahasan, Indonesian and Dutch Words and Abbreviations / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter I Introduction / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter II Minahasa Explored: Equality, Hierarchy and Mobility / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter III Early European Intervention, 1523-1817 / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter IV Colonial Constraints and Economic Transformations / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter V From Heroes to Aristocrats / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter VI Christianity, Schools and Social Differentiation in the Nineteenth Century / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter VII Between Legitimacy and Efficiency / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter VIII A Sonder Village / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter IX Monetarization and Differentiation, 1890-1942 / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter X Education and Emancipation, 1900-1942 / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter XI Winds of Change, Lines of Continuity, 1942-1983 / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter XII Dynamics of Local Leadership / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Chapter XIII Conclusion / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Appendix 1 Fieldwork / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Appendix 2 Dotulong and Lopa' in Tana' / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Appendix 3 Residents of Manado, 1819-1942 / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Appendix 4 Population of the Villages of Sonder, 1849-1981 / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Bibliography / M.J.C. Schouten
  • Index / M.J.C. Schouten.