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A collection of studies by leading scholars of Indonesian culture, history and anthropology examining the death practices and rituals of Indonesian tribal groups in the context of ongoing changes is Islam.

Mangkunagara I (1726-1795) was a charismatic rebel and one of the foremost military commanders of his age. Professor Ricklefs here employs an extraordinary range of sources in Dutch and Javanese to bring this important figure to life. As he does so, our understanding of Java's devastating civil war of the mid-eighteenth century is transformed.