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020			_a9789004454354 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9789067182195 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789004454354 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)608213038
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100	1		_aBarnard, Timothy P. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMultiple Centres of Authority : _bSociety and Environment in Siak and Eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827 / _cTimothy P. Barnard.
246	3		_aSociety and Environment in Siak and Eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2003.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
490	1		_aVerhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; _v210
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aOffering access to an extensive and resource-rich hinterland, eastern Sumatra was an important trading region between the Melaka Straits and the Minangkabau highlands of Sumatra prior to colonial rule. Traditionally under the control of Johor, the various communities in eastern Sumatra were united under the leadership of an adventurer named Raja Kecik in the early eighteenth century and formed an independent community along the Siak River. Over the next century Raja Kecik and his descendents attempted to gain control over the trade that flowed through the Straits, while keeping the numerous communities within their territories united by means of marriage alliances, warfare, raiding, trade, and myth. By the end of the eighteenth century the ‘multiple centres of authority’ that constituted Siak represented the dominant Malay community in the Straits of Melaka, only to fall into decline due to the rise of British trading communities in Singapore and Penang. This book, based on VOC (Dutch East Indies Company) archives and traditional Malay texts, examines the rise of a Malay state in the early modern era. It focuses on the ecological frontier of eastern Sumatra, with its multi-ethnic communities, and how they were able to transform themselves, in the words of an English visitor, into a summit of prosperity by the end of the eighteenth century. Particular emphasis is placed on the methods used by Siak leaders used unite the disparate communities in the region, and how this was viewed in other Malay communities.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aHistory 1674-1827.
650		0	_aMalays (Asian people) _xEthnic identity.
650		0	_aMalays (Asian people) _zIndonesia _zSumatra _xEthnic identity _xHistory.
650		0	_aSocio _xeconomic history.
650		0	_aTrade relations.
650		0	_aMalays (Asian people) _zIndonesia _zSumatra _xEthnic identity _xHistory.
651		0	_aSiak Sri Indrapura (Sultanate) _xHistory.
651		0	_aSumatra (Indonesia) _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tMultiple Centres of Authority : Society and Environment in Siak and Eastern Sumatra, 1674-1827. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2003 _z9789067182195 _w(OCoLC)53875650
830		0	_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
830		0	_aVerhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; _v210.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004454354
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