Governing New Guinea

An oral history of Papuan administrators, 1950-1990

Visser, Leontine

This is the first time that indigenous Papuan administrators share with an international public their experiences governing their country. These administrators were the brokers of development. After graduating from the School for Indigenous Administrators (OSIBA) they served in the Dutch administration until 1962. The period 1962-1969 stands out as turbulent and dangerous, and for many curtailed their professional careers. These administrators’ having been in active service until the... more

Gentle Janus, merchant prince

Vos, R.

The morphology of Wambon of the Irian Jaya Upper-Digul area

Vries, L. de& R. de Vries-Wiersma

Wambon is a Papuan language spoken bt about 3,000 people in the Upper-Digul area of Southern Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

In this book an outline is given of the morphology of Wambon with an emphasis on placing the data in the wider context of the present typological knowledge about Papuan languages. The descriptions are amply illustrated by examples. These examples, mostly taken from recor... more

Surinaams-Javaans-Nederlands woordenboek

Vruggink, Hein en Johan Sarmo

Wat ooit begon als een Surinaams taalproject in Paramaribo in 1980 en later in Nederland werd voortgezet met steun van de stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek van de Tropen (WOTRO), kreeg na twintig jaar zijn beslag in dit woordenboek van het Surinaams-Javaans. Het legt voor de sprekers van deze variant van het Javaans voor het eerst hun taal vast; een taal die een geheel eigen ontwikkeling heeft doorgemaakt. Het woordenboek is verder een onontbeerlijk hulpmiddel voor iedereen die op de ee... more

Histories of the Borneo environment

Economic, political and social dimensions of change and continuity

Wadley, Reed L. (ed.)

In light of the tremendous changes that have come to the island of Borneo in recent decades, this volume takes a detailed historical look at the Borneo environment from native, colonial and national perspectives. It examines change and continuity in the economic, political and social dimensions of human-environment interactions. Reflecting the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of environmental history, the book brings together an international group of historians, anthro... more

Toba-Batak-Deutsches Wörterbuch

Warneck, Joh.

Paths and rivers

Sa'dan Toraja society in transformation

Waterson, Roxana

Of Self and Injustice

Autobiography and Repression in Modern Indonesia

Watson, C.W. (Bill)

Since the downfall of Soeharto in 1998 many autobiographical writings have appeared in Indonesia from the pens of those who were marginalized by his so-called New Order regime. This book examines representative autobiographies of several such individuals: two ex-political prisoners who describe themselves as Muslim Communists; two writers of the left, one a woman in a senior position in the left-wing women’s organization, Gerwani, and one a well-known male novelist who spent years in exile... more

Listening to an earlier Java

Aesthetics, gender, and the music of wayang in Central Java

Weiss, Sarah

[Note: This title was out of print. Re-issued in its original format in 2010.
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In "old-style" Central Javanese wayang, still known to many shadow-puppet performers and musicians in Java today, the male dhalang and his primary accompanist, usually a female gender player, are gendered embodiments of a Javanese aesthetic that has its origins in early Java. Analysis of the m... more

Wolves from the sea

Readings in the anthropology of the native Caribbean

Whitehead, Neil (ed.)

Wolves from the sea brings together the latest work of leading authorities on the archaeology, socio-cultural anthropology, linguistics, and history of native Caribbean groups, particularly that of the Island Carib. In each of these disciplines orthodox theories are critically assessed and new directions for interdisciplinary research suggested.
A central theme that emerges from this volume is the acknowledgement of the plurality of ethnic identities that greeted Columbus and a reject... more

Een zwarte vrijstaat in Suriname (deel 2)

De Okaanse samenleving in de negentiende en twintigste eeuw

Wilhelmina van Wetering en H.U.E. Thoden van Velzen

In 2011 verscheen Een zwarte vrijstaat in Suriname; De Okaanse samenleving in de 18e eeuw. Het vertelt de geschiedenis van slaven die in de achttiende eeuw de plantages ontvluchtten om diep in het regenwoud, in het zuidoosten van Suriname, een nieuwe samenleving op te bouwen. Deze Marrons, zoals de ontsnapte slaven werden genoemd, sloten in 1760 een vredesverdrag met de planters. Zij noemden zich Okanisi. Hier, in dit tweede deel van deze historie, wordt verslag gedaan van de gebeur... more

Het sultanaat Palembang

Woelders, M.O.

Sociale veranderingen in Bengkulu

Wuisman, J.J.J.M.

Johannes King

Life at Maripaston

Ziel, H.F. de

The Matawai Maroon Johannes King (ca. 1830-1898) taught himself to read and write at an advanced age. He wanted to bridge the gap between the generations by publishing his ‘Book of Horrors’ (Skrekiboekoe) and the present book which has been given the title Life at Marispaston. King wanted to explain the root of the problems between him and his elder brother, Chief Noah Andrai, representatives respectively of the church and the state at the village level. King ... more

Old Javanese-English dictionary (2 volume set)

Zoetmulder, P.J.

Kalangwan

Zoetmulder, P.J.

De taal van het Adiparwa

Zoetmulder, P.J.