History of the Indian Archipelago
Containing an Account of the Manners, Art, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of its Inhabitants
Seiten
2013
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-05614-4 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-05614-4 (ISBN)
Published in 1820, this acclaimed three-volume work by the administrator and ethnologist John Crawfurd (1783–1868) offers insight into the peoples and cultures of the Indonesian islands, principally Java. Volume 1 examines the character and manners of the islanders as well as their arts, sciences, medicine, and agricultural techniques.
Trained as a doctor, John Crawfurd (1783–1868) went on to have a distinguished career in colonial administration with the East India Company. He held senior posts in Java from 1811 to 1816, including that of resident at the court of Yogyakarta. A talented linguist and ethnologist, Crawfurd acquired a sound knowledge of ancient Kawi and contemporary Javanese. Upon his return to Britain in 1817, he became a fellow of the Royal Society and published this three-volume work on the Indonesian islands, principally Java, to great acclaim. Following further service abroad, he published accounts of his various missions in south-east Asia and an encyclopaedic sequel to the present work (all of which are reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Volume 1 examines the character and manners of the islanders as well as their arts, sciences, medicine, and agricultural techniques.
Trained as a doctor, John Crawfurd (1783–1868) went on to have a distinguished career in colonial administration with the East India Company. He held senior posts in Java from 1811 to 1816, including that of resident at the court of Yogyakarta. A talented linguist and ethnologist, Crawfurd acquired a sound knowledge of ancient Kawi and contemporary Javanese. Upon his return to Britain in 1817, he became a fellow of the Royal Society and published this three-volume work on the Indonesian islands, principally Java, to great acclaim. Following further service abroad, he published accounts of his various missions in south-east Asia and an encyclopaedic sequel to the present work (all of which are reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Volume 1 examines the character and manners of the islanders as well as their arts, sciences, medicine, and agricultural techniques.
Advertisement; Introduction; Part I. Character: 1. Physical form of the inhabitants of the archipelago; 2. Manners and characters of the Indian islanders; 3. Domestic ceremonies and familiar usages; 4. Games and amusements of the Indian islanders; 5. Manners of foreign settlers; Part II. Arts: 1. Useful arts; 2. Dress; 3. Art of war; Part III. Progress in Science and the Higher Arts: 1. Arithmetic; 2. Calendar; 3. Navigation and geography; 4. Medicine, music; Part IV. Agriculture: 1. General remarks on the husbandry of the Indian islands; 2. Husbandry of the materials of food; 3. Husbandry of articles of native luxury; 4. Husbandry of the materials of native manufactures and arts; 5. Husbandry of articles chiefly for foreign exportation.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.3.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society ; Volume 1 |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 Printed music items; 1 Plates, color; 9 Plates, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 700 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-05614-8 / 1108056148 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-05614-4 / 9781108056144 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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