O'sullivan C Translator (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Multilingual language. 7.09x5.31x0.16 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. Multilingual language. 7.09x5.12x0.08 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1984, Near Fine/no djs, octavos, 2 volumes complete: 439 & 384pp., black cloth hardcovers, bright gold lettering on backstrips, bindings tight, texts unmarked, nice reproduction of the 1906 originals.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First English Edition. Uber-scarce in the trade, being Volume I only of a classic ethnography of Dutch colonial Aceh (Acheh, Atjeh, etc.), translated by A.W.S. O'Sullivan, and with an Index by R.J. Wilkinson, thus a First English Edition. Bound in simple, light gray printed wraps, and housed in a plastic bag. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, less to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting, and very little wear to or sunning of extremities. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Plentiful photographic plates as is common for works of ethnography and ethnology of the time. Three fold-out illustrations, two being in full color, one being an eight-panel fold-out of an Achehnese long-house/dwelling house. Additional map of "Great Acheh" and the neighboring states. 439 pp., many top edges unexploded in the rear portions, thus unlikely read, as issued. Classic work of both ethnology and ethnography of Dutch colonial administration of northern Sumatra and of religious syncretization including the coming to Sumatra of Islam and its spread throughout the Indonesian archipelago. The ethnography was compelled by Dutch colonial inability seemingly to comprehend Achehnese resistance to Dutch colonial rule and their rapid and willing absorption of Islam. This first volume describes, as did most ethnographies of the day and for many decades, demography, geography, cultural elements, relationship to government, indigenous religion, introduced Islam, agriculture, and social-structure. Based on his fieldwork conducted in the 1890s. The Wikipedia entry devoted to Dr. C[hristian] Snouck Hurgronje (8 February 1857 ? 26 June 1936) notes that "he became a theology student at Leiden University in 1874. He received his doctorate at Leiden in 1880 with his dissertation 'Het Mekkaansche Feest' ("The Festivities of Mecca")," based also on his fieldwork there in 1885 and fluency in Arabic. Later, Dr. Hurgronje became a professor at the Leiden School for Colonial Civil Servants in 1881. He also later converted to Islam.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…