PDF⋙ Sumatra: Its History and People (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks) by Edwin M. Loeb
Sumatra: Its History and People (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks) by Edwin M. Loeb Sumatra: Its History and People (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks) by Edwin M. Loeb PDF, ePub eBook D0wnl0ad The fourth largest island in the world and home of the orangutan and flying fox, Sumatra has a long, colorful, and not widely-known history. First published in Vienna in 1935, Edwin M. Loeb's fascinating study has served as the only history of the island and its people available in English 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, inclu...