| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 586 pages, [8] pages of color plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Half title page; Full title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Photographs; List of Plates; Foreword by Professor James Fox; Acknowledgements; Maps; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- From the Base of the World; Chapter 2 -- The Descendants of the Elder Brother; Chapter 3 -- The Descendants of the Younger Brother; Chapter 4 -- Foreign Influences: Majapahit and the Portuguese; Chapter 5 -- Enter the company; Chapter 6 -- Th e Six Domains Under the Company Flag; Chapter 7 -- Savu and the Colonial State, 1800−1900; Photo Plates |
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Chapter 8 -- Changes in the Late 19th CenturyChapter 9 -- The Late Colonial Period; Chapter 10 -- Towards the Tip: Continuity and Change After 1949; Appendix 1 -- Narratives; Appendix 2 -- Th e Knots of the Land, kewèhu rai; Appendix 3 -- Traditional System of Exchange; Appendix 4 -- Villages of Savu and Raijua from 1832 to the Present; Appendix 5 -- List of Rajas and Fettors; Appendix 6 -- Savu Raijua in Statistics; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"The book focuses on the historical trajectories of Savu, an island in the Nusa Tenggara Timur province, eastern Indonesia. While Savu is a relatively small island, aspects of its society, as well as this study's blend of anthropology and historical method, makes this book of fundamental relevance to the ongoing comparative examination of Austronesian-speaking populations from Madagascar to Hawaii and from Taiwan to Timor. This book brings together Duggan's detailed understanding of Savunese society and genealogies with Hägerdal's deep knowledge of the Dutch and Portuguese archives to understand the overlap between these perspectives on Savu's past. The text discusses the precolonial period up to the sixteenth century, and then examines how early-colonial encounters with the Portuguese and Dutch (VOC) changed the system of governance. In the nineteenth century, the Savunese embarked on minor colonial enterprises in Timor and Sumba, and were still largely autonomous vis-à-vis the colonial state. Protestant missionaries gained foothold after 1870, though Christianization was a slow process. Colonial rule via a Dutch-appointed raja was introduced in the early twentieth century. The text follows the fate of Savu during the struggle for independence and the postcolonial era, discussing the dilemmas of modernization and the resilience of the unique local culture"--back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie gnd |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
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Civilization
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Ethnohistorie
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Mythologie
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Mündliche Überlieferung
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Kollektives Gedächtnis
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Volksreligion
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Ahnenkult
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Kulturkontakt
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Kolonialismus
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Sawu Islands (Indonesia) -- History
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Sawu Islands (Indonesia) -- Civilization
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Sawu Islands (Indonesia) -- Politics and government
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Sawu Islands (Indonesia) -- Social conditions
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Indonesia -- Sawu Islands
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Indonesien
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Kleine Sundainseln
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Sawu Insel
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hägerdal, Hans, author.
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| ISBN |
9789814722933 |
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9814722936 |
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