Book
The Malays: a cultural history
The Philosophical Library • New York • Published In 1950 • Pages:
By: Winstedt, Richard.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study attempts to reconstruct a history of cultural development and cultural influences in Malaya from the earliest prehistoric times. In eight chapters covering origins, beliefs and religion, social, political, legal and economic systems, literature, and arts and crafts, Winstedt defines what in Malay culture is traceable to early Indonesian influence and then points out later additions and changes due to Hindu and Mohammedan influences and to more recent European contact. Winstedt, long a resident of Malaya, had intimate knowledge of Malay culture and as shown by the extensive bibliography, had reviewed the literature thoroughly. This book is a revised and enlarged edition of the author's A HISTORY OF MALAYS.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Comparative evidence
- Prehistory
- Sacred objects and places
- Ethnic stratification
- Acculturation and culture contact
- General character of religion
- Animism
- Eschatology
- Rule of descent
- Kin relationships
- Community structure
- Localized kin groups
- Legal norms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Malays
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- B. P. Emerson ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Richard Winstedt
- Includes bibliographical references (p.191-195)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 51000448
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Malays (Asian people)
- Malaya