In northern Sumatra, as inMalaya, colonialrule embraced an extravagant array of sultans, rajas, datuks anduleebalangs. In Malaya the traditional Malay elite served as a barrier to revolutionary change and survived the transition to independence, but in Sumatra a wave of violence and killing wiped out the traditional elitein 1945?46. Anthony Reid sThe 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 ...
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In northern Sumatra, as inMalaya, colonialrule embraced an extravagant array of sultans, rajas, datuks anduleebalangs. In Malaya the traditional Malay elite served as a barrier to revolutionary change and survived the transition to independence, but in Sumatra a wave of violence and killing wiped out the traditional elitein 1945?46. Anthony Reid sThe 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, fromwherethe revolution is normally viewed. Some ethnic groups saw the revolution as a popular, peasant-supported movement that liberated them from foreign rule. Others, though, feltvictimisedby a radical, levellingagenda imposed by outsiders. Java, with a relatively homogeneous population, passed through the revolution without significant social change. The ethnic complexity of Sumatra, in contrast, meant that therevolution demandedan altogether new Indonesian identity to override the competing ethnic categories of the past."
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Add this copy of The Blood of the People: Revolution and the End of to cart. $56.00, very good condition, Sold by Moe's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by OUP South East Asia.
