The Archive of Yogyakatra: Documents Relating to Economic and Agarian Affairs - Couverture rigide

Carey, Peter; Hoadley, Mason C.

 
9780197261859: The Archive of Yogyakatra: Documents Relating to Economic and Agarian Affairs

Synopsis

The Archive of Yogyakarta is almost unique among Asian document collections, and one cannot overestimate its significance for scholarly research into the history of Java. Complementing Volume I (1980), which published selected documents of political importance, Volume II considers the Archive as a whole and what it reveals about the government and the economy of Yogyakarta.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Archive of Yogyakarta is almost unique among Asian document collections, and its importance for scholars interested in the history of Java is difficult to overestimate. It forms a single corpus of records produced by the Sultan of Yogyakarta's government between 1786 and 1812, and deals with the realm's scare resources of men and materials. There are royal appointments, court correspondence and innumerable accountancy records. Transliterations of the Javan originals are accompanied by English synopses and notes.

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