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Sulawesi
The "Periplus Adventure Guides" do precisely what a great travel book should do -- make you want to get up and go! Periplus adventure guides show you how to get there, and then help make the absolute most out of a stay, leaving no stone, no beach, no fine restaurant or mountain trail untried. With detailed, up-to-date maps, photographs -- both new and archival -- personal recommendations and inside tips from expert authors, the guides go well beyond the usual travel fare and offer an extraordinary value for the money. This fall, Periplus proudly offers nine additions to the Adventure Guide list, exploring some of the most breathtaking, historically important and lesser known regions of Indon...
The Heritage of Arung Palakka
to use the Dutch presence to institute far-reaching innovations in his society. It became apparent that, while the Company's initial involve ment with South Sulawesi had required some military action, its sub sequent activities were often limited to that of arbiter in local disputes. Y et its approval was an essential element without which no local prince could exercise authority confidently. The reputation of the Company helped to sustain its position and that of anyone fortunate or clever enough to become linked with it. Arung Palakka's repeated references throughout his life to this link served a dual purpose: it reaffirmed his continuing devotion and loyalty to the Company, while remindi...
History Of The Island Of Celebes, Tr. By J. Von Stubenvoll
This book provides a comprehensive historical account of the island of Celebes (now Sulawesi, Indonesia) from pre-colonial times to the early twentieth century. Written by R. Blok and translated by J. von Stubenvoll, it covers the island's geography, culture, politics, and economy, with a particular focus on Dutch colonial rule and its impact on the local population. The book is a valuable resource for scholars and students of Indonesian history and anthropology, as well as for anyone interested in the rich cultural heritage of Sulawesi. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the ...
Gold Out of Celebes
'Gold Out of Celebes' is a novel written by Aylward Edward Dingle. The story begins by introducing us to Jack Barry, an American sailor, who has been spending time in Batavia looking for a job as a mate or a master. He feels frustrated because the Consulate is not helping him secure a job and the market for sailors is limited. He's standing on the quay and feeling discouraged when he meets a man named Tom Little, who's a former typewriter salesman. Little sees Barry as a strong, capable man and tells him he needs someone like him to help with a new opportunity that he thinks will be profitable.
Wild Profusion
'Wild Profusion' tracks the convergence of Indonesian biologists, Sama people, and flora and fauna in the Togean Islands od Sulawesi to tell the story of biodiversity conservation in 1990s Indonesia.
Fields of the Lord
Religious and ethnic violence between Indonesia's Muslims and Christians escalated dramatically just before and after President Suharto resigned in 1998. In this first major ethnographic study of Christianization in Indonesia, Aragon delineates colonial and postcolonial circumstances contributing to the dynamics of these contemporary conflicts. Aragon's ethnography of Indonesian Christian minorities in Sulawesi combines a political economy of colonial missionization with a microanalysis of shifting religious ideology and practice. Fields of the Lord challenges much comparative religion scholarship by contending that religions, like contemporary cultural groups, be located in their spheres of...
Sulawesi Seas
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Colonial 'reformation' in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892-1995
Schrauwers examines the profound impact of a Dutch Protestant Mission on the religion and culture of the To Pamona people of the highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Indonesia
Examines the geography, history, economy, society, people, and culture of Indonesia.
