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Islamic Revivalism in a Changing Peasant Economy Central Sumatra, 1784-1847
By John Benson
Copyright 1983
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
316 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title, first published in 1983, is a significant study of one of the many revivalist movements which flowered in numerous Islamic societies in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and attempts to provide one particular assessment of the place of revivalism in the evolution of Islamic societies. The subject of this title is the Padri movement, and the community involved is that... Read more
Preface; Abbreviations; Note on Spelling; 1. Introduction: The Geographical Foundations of Central Sumatran Civilization 2. Village and Market in the Minangkabau Domestic Economy, 1818-1834 3. Development and Change in External Commercial Networks, 1347-1829 4. Islamic Revivalism, 1784-1832 5. The Padri Movement in the North, 1807-1832 6. Minangkabau Nationalism and the Dutch Commercial Challenge, 1833-1841 7. Epilogue: The Imperialism of Coffee, 1841-1847 and Beyond; Appendix; Glossary; Maps; Bibliography; Plates; Index
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