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Singapore.: NUS Press.. New Edition.. 2014.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxv + 301pp, appendix, bibliography, index, paperback. Upper corner slightly bumped. "In northern Sumatra, as in Malaya, colonial rule embraced an extravagant array of sultans, rajas, datuks and uleebalangs. In Malaya the traditional Malay elite served as a barrier to evolutionary change and survived the transition to independence, but in Sumatra a wave of violence and killing wiped out the traditional elite in 1945-46. Anthony Reid's The Blood of the People, now available in a new edition, explores the circumstances of Sumatra's sharp break with the past during what has been labelled its "social revolution." The events in northern Sumatra were among the most dramatic episodes of Indonesia's national revolution, and brought about more profound changes even than in Java, from where the revolution is normally viewed. Some ethnic groups saw the revolution as a popular, peasant-supported movement that liberated…
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- Title The Blood of the People: Revolution and the End of Traditional Rule in Northern Sumatra
- Author Anthony Reid
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New Edition.
- Pages 344
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher NUS Press, Singapore
- Date 2014
- ISBN 9789971696375 / 9971696371
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.8
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Singapore: NUS Press, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. New. Whereas in Malaysia the sultans and their entourages still survive today, in Northern Sumatra they were wiped out following an uprising at the end of the Japanese occupation. In this book Reid picks his way through the carnage to determine just how 'popular' the revolution was and its long term effects on the fragile ethnic mix of the area. 301 pages. with black and white photographs, a maps, a bibliography and an index. New Paperback. Reprint of the 2014 Second Edition Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia
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