“The Single Most Astonishing Fact of Human Geography”: Indonesia’s Far West Colony

dc.contributor.author	Kumar, Ann
dc.contributor.translator	Anderson, Benedict R.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-10T14:37:51Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-10T14:37:51Z
dc.date.issued	2011-10
dc.description	Page range: 59-96
dc.description.abstract	This paper addresses the question of why the prehistoric Indonesian colonization of Madagascar has been described as the most astonishing fact of human geography. Evidence from linguistics, DNA, boat-building, and the history of trade is adduced to explain how and why such a colonization took place. It is argued that this colonization was made possible by the remarkable seafaring tradition that made Austronesian the world’s most far-flung language family in premodern times. Also of great importance was the strategic position of the states that organized this colonization with respect to an early world-system of the type described by Wallerstein.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/54567
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Cornell University Southeast Asia Program
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Indonesia
dc.title	“The Single Most Astonishing Fact of Human Geography”: Indonesia’s Far West Colony
dc.type	article
schema.issueNumber	Vol. 92

Files

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1