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

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

John Crawfurd (Author)

9781108056168, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 March 2013

576 pages, 3 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.72 kg

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.

Part VIII. Political Institutions: 1. Government
2. Classification and distribution of the people
3. Public revenue
4. Laws
Part IX. Commerce: 1. Domestic and internal commerce of the archipelago
2. Commerce with Asiatic nations
3. Commerce with European nations
4. Intercolonial commerce
5. Description of articles of exportation
6. Description of articles of importation
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]