UID:
almafu_9960117842802883
Format:
1 online resource (liii, 479 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-78305-1
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. History
Content:
Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was a British civil servant and statesman best known for his founding of Singapore. After the capture of Java by the British in 1811, Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the island, a position he held until 1815. After a two-year interlude in England, he returned to the East, and established the city of Singapore in 1819. These volumes, written during his governorship and first published in 1817, contain his monumental survey and history of the island state. Raffles provides a comprehensive ethnographic description of the island's society, describing its economy, trade, languages and dialects, and religious and social customs, together with a detailed history of the island, including a discussion of the introduction of Islam. These volumes provide invaluable information of the study of contemporary Javanese society and history.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2010.
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Originally published: London: Black, Parbury, and Allen, 1817.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-02344-4
Language:
English
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