Makassar Annals

Informationen zum Autor William Cummings is an associate professor of history at the University of South Florida. He is the author of Making blood white; Historical transformation in early modern Makassar, A chain of kings; The Makassarese chronicles of Gowa and Talloq , and numerous articles about Makassarese history and culture. Klappentext Beginning in the 1630s, a series of annalists at the main courts of Makassar began keeping records with dated entries that recorded a wide variety of specific historical information about a wide variety of topics, including the births and deaths of notable individuals, the actions of rulers, the spread of Islam, trade and diplomacy, the built environment, ritual activity, warfare, internal political struggles, social and kinship relations, eclipses and comets, and more. These Lontaraq bilang were a clear departure in form and function from the genealogically-structured chronicles being composed about the ruling families of Gowa and Talloq in the same era.

Product details

• Authors: William Cummings
• Assisted by: Cummings (Editor), William Cummings (Editor), William Cummings (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9789067183666
• ISBN: 978-90-6718-366-6
• No. of pages: 370
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Biblioteca Indonesica; Bibliotheca Indonesica; Biblioteca Indonesica
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore