Edwin M. Loeb (1894–1966)
Auteur van Sumatra: Its History and People
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- 1894-03-15
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- 1966-08-16
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- New York, New York, USA
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since William Marsden's The History of Sumatra appeared in 1783. Even today, it remains the only general book in English to explore Sumatra as a whole.
Remarkably thorough in its coverage, Sumatra: Its History and People offers detailed accounts of the economic life, society, and religion of all of Sumatra's regions from Aceh in the north through the lands of the Batak and Minangkabau to Lampung in the south. Loeb provides an insider's view
into the societal conditions of Sumatra, including land rights, marriage restrictions, totemism, childbirth, puberty ceremonies, divorce, position of women, cosmology and cosmogony, death and the afterlife, witchcraft, industries, and much more. The book also covers the islands of Nias, the
Mentawei group, and Enggano, and includes a separate section on archaeology and art.
This invaluable survey of the whole island will particularly appeal to the non-specialist reader in search of reliable information about this exotic land.… (meer)