The Blood of the People: Revolution and the End of Traditional Rule in Northern Sumatra by Anthony Reid

The Blood of the People: Revolution and the End of Traditional Rule in Northern Sumatra

Anthony Reid

288 pages first pub 1979 (editions)

history challenging informative slow-paced
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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...

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