The Seen & Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749

Ricklefs, M. C.

ISBN 10: 0824820525 / ISBN 13: 9780824820527

Published by University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1998

About this Item

Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Book is in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.

In this work Professor M. C. Ricklefs explores the nexus between religious belief and mundane behaviour in mid-eighteenth century Java - exploding widely accepted stereotypes about the role of Islam in Javanese civilisation as he does so. This study rests upon a vast range of Javanese and Dutch sources. Readers will gain a unique sense of how members of the Javanese elite thought, prayed and performed at this time, when pre-colonial Javanese court culture was at its height.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Seen & Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824820525
• ISBN 13: 9780824820527
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 3.175W x 15.24H x 22.86D centimeters 3.175 centimeters width by 15.24 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 2 pounds

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Synopsis

In this work Professor M. C. Ricklefs explores the nexus between religious belief and mundane behaviour in mid-eighteenth century Java - exploding widely accepted stereotypes about the role of Islam in Javanese civilisation as he does so. This study rests upon a vast range of Javanese and Dutch sources. Readers will gain a unique sense of how members of the Javanese elite thought, prayed and performed at this time, when pre-colonial Javanese court culture was at its height.

About the Author

Merle Ricklefs is Director of the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University and one of the world's leading historians of Indonesia.