The blood of the people revolution and the end of traditional rule in northern Sumatra

In northern Sumatra, as in Malaya, colonial rule embraced an extravagant array of sultans, rajas, datuks and ul��balangs. In Malaya the traditional Malay elite served as a barrier to revolutionary change and survived the transition to independence, but in Sumatra a wave of violence and killing wiped...

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Main Author: Reid, Anthony 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Kuala Lumpur Oxford University Press 1979
©1979
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