The Spell of Power: A History of Balinese Politics, 1650-1940

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BRILL, 1. jan. 2010 - 400 sider
Note: This title was out of print. Re-issued in its original form in 2010.

The first comprehensive history of Balinese politics from the middle of the 17th century till the end of Dutch colonial rule in 1942. Based on extensive research in colonial archives in the Netherlands and Indonesia, a variety of Balinese historical narratives, interviews with former colonial officials as well as many Balinese, and fieldwork data concerning temples, rituals, and oral histories.
Schulte Nordholt traces Balinese history by means of a collective biography of the Mengwi dynasty, describing the rise to power, the formation and expansion of a negara, the subsequent crises, and its fall in 1891. Between 1906 and 1942 Bali became part of the Dutch colonial state and experienced bureaucratic rule and processes that resulted in a ‘traditionalization’ of Balinese kingship and culture. The story of the Mengwi dynasty under colonial rule ended in a conflict between two factions. This conflict had an unexpected but devastating outcome.
 

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CHAPTER I Introduction
1
CHAPTER II The rise of Mengwi 17001770
19
CHAPTER III Crisis 17701823
79
CHAPTER IV Restoration 18231871
111
CHAPTER V Violence and order
143
CHAPTER VI Disaster and destruction 18721891
159
CHAPTER VII Colonial penetration 18921908
191
CHAPTER VIII Colonial reorganization 19061920
217
CHAPTER IX Turning tide and crisis 19201940
263
CHAPTER X From fluidity to fixation
331
Genealogy of the Mengwi dynasty
341
Bibliography
351
Index
379
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