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History of the Indian Archipelago

Containing an Account of the Manners, Art, Languages, Religions, Institutions, and Commerce of its Inhabitants

John Crawfurd author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Mar '13

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Published in 1820, this acclaimed three-volume work offers insight into the peoples and cultures of the Indonesian islands, principally Java.

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 3 examines political institutions and commerce, covering major exports and imports along with demographics, public revenue and laws.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 3 examines political institutions and commerce, covering major exports and imports along with demographics, public revenue and laws.

ISBN: 9781108056168

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 33mm

Weight: 720g

576 pages