| Soul Catcher: Java's Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I, 1726-1795 Contributor(s): Ricklefs, M. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824878663 ISBN-13: 9780824878665 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018017420 |
| Series: ASAA Southeast Asia Publications |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.76 lbs) 462 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mangkunagara I (1726-1795) was one of the most flamboyant figures of eighteenth-century Java. A charismatic rebel from 1740 to 1757 and one of the foremost military commanders of his age, he won the loyalty of many followers. He was also a devout Muslim of the Mystic Synthesis style, a devotee of Javanese culture and a lover of beautiful women and Dutch gin. His enemies--the Surakarta court, his uncle the rebel and later Sultan Mangkubumi of Yogyakarta and the Dutch East India Company--were unable to subdue him, even when they united against him. In 1757 he settled as a semi-independent prince in Surakarta, pursuing his objective of as much independence as possible by means other than war, a frustrating time for a man who was a fighter to his fingertips. Professor Ricklefs here employs an extraordinary range of sources in Dutch and Javanese--among them Mangkunagara I's voluminous autobiographical account of his years at war, the earliest autobiography in Javanese so far known--to bring this important figure to life. As he does so, our understanding of Java's devastating civil war of the mid-eighteenth century is transformed and much light is shed on Islam and culture in Java. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ricklefs, M. C.: - M. C. Ricklefs is among the foremost historians of Indonesia, with a particular focus on the history of the Javanese from the coming of Islam to the present day. |