The Rope of God

by James T. Siegel

The Acehnese, a Muslim people of Sumatra, fought Dutch attempts to colonize them for forty years. After its "pacification," Acehnese society evolved peacefully, yet nonetheless the Acehnese participated fully in the Indonesian revolution and in a rebellion against the Indonesian central government not long after. Based on field work done in the early 1960s, James Siegel's The Rope of God, traces the evolution in Islam, in the economy, and in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472086820
• ISBN13: 9780472086825
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.0"