Multiple centres of authority : : society and environment in Siak and eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827 /

Multiple centres of authority : : society and environment in Siak and eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827 / / Timothy P. Barnard.

Offering access to an extensive and resource-rich hinterland, eastern Sumatra was an important trading region between the Melaka Straits and the Minangkabau highlands of Sumatra prior to colonial rule. Traditionally under the control of Johor, the various communities in eastern Sumatra were united u...

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Superior document:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 210
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Barnard, Timothy P., 1963-
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : KITLV Press,, [2003]
©2003
Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 210.
Physical Description:1 online resource (222 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Dedication
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • List of abbreviations
  • Maps
  • 1 The Malay archipelago
  • 2 The Melaka Straits
  • 3 The Upper Siak and Kampar Rivers, c. 1680
  • I Introduction
  • II The setting
  • III Trade, tension and conflict
  • IV Charisma and the formation of a kacu polity
  • V Alliances in a kacu environment
  • VI Force in the continuation of the Siak state
  • VII Leadership, sharing and the sea
  • VIII Political and economic change in Siak
  • IX Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • 1 Comparison of trade activity between Melaka and Bengkalis, 1739-1742
  • 2 Comparison of trade activity between Melaka and Batubahara, 1739-1742
  • 3 Trade items between the east coast of Sumatra and Melaka in 1779
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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