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#SBIB:39A75 --- Etnografie: Azië --- Java (Indonesia). --- Djawa (Indonesia) --- Jawa (Indonesia) --- Pulau Jawa (Indonesia) --- Greater Sunda Islands

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Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British civil servant & statesman best known for his founding of the city of Singapore. After the capture of Java by the British in 1811, Raffles was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the island, a position he held until 1815. After a two-year interlude in England, he sailed back to the East, & established the city of Singapore in 1819. These volumes, written during his governorship & first published in 1817, contain his monumental survey and history of the island state. Raffles provides a comprehensive ethnographic description of the island's society, describing its economy, trade, languages & dialects, & religious & social customs, together with a detailed history of the island, including a discussion of the introduction of Islam. These volumes provide invaluable information of the study of contemporary Javanese society & history. Volume 2 contains Raffles's historical study.

Java (Indonesia) --- History. --- Social life and customs --- Djawa (Indonesia) --- Jawa (Indonesia) --- Pulau Jawa (Indonesia) --- Greater Sunda Islands

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Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between temple distribution, natural surroundings and architectural design to understand how Central Javanese people structured the space around them, and how the religious landscape thus created, developed. Besides questions related to territory and landscape, Degroot's book analyzes the structure of the built space and its possible relations with

Temples --- Architecture --- Church architecture --- Religious institutions --- Java (Indonesia) --- Djawa (Indonesia) --- Jawa (Indonesia) --- Pulau Jawa (Indonesia) --- Greater Sunda Islands --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Religious architecture

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Economic geography --- Third World: agricultural and food problems --- Java --- Hill farming --- -Hill farming --- -Alpine agriculture --- Alpine farming --- Hill agriculture --- Hillside farming --- Mountain agriculture --- Mountain farming --- Agriculture --- Economic aspects --- -Social aspects --- -Java (Indonesia) --- -Djawa (Indonesia) --- Jawa (Indonesia) --- Pulau Jawa (Indonesia) --- Greater Sunda Islands --- Population --- Social aspects --- -Economic aspects --- -Population --- Alpine agriculture --- Java (Indonesia) --- Djawa (Indonesia) --- Population. --- Developing countries: agricultural and food problems

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Politics and government; Islam; Community leadership; Ulama; Java; Indonesia

Ulama --- Community leadership --- Ummah (Islam) --- Community life --- Community power --- Leadership --- Ulema --- Islam --- Muslim scholars --- Umma (Islam) --- Islam and state --- Functionaries --- N.U. (Organization). --- Java (Indonesia) --- Politics and government. --- Djawa (Indonesia) --- Jawa (Indonesia) --- Pulau Jawa (Indonesia) --- Greater Sunda Islands --- Political Science --- Political science