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Analyzes the social organization of Bali before it was colonized by the Dutch in 1906. This book finds that the nineteenth-century Balinese state defied easy conceptualization by the familiar models of political theory and the standard Western approaches to understanding politics.

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"The main purpose of Geertz's study is to delineate the general structure of the Negara by focusing on one particularly well-documented case, that of Bali in the era preceding the Dutch invasion of 1906. The outcome is a fascinating and remarkable book."--The New York Review of Books

Negara The Theatre State in 19th Century Bali

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 21 January 1981
      ISBN-13 9780691007786
      978-0691007786
      ISBN-10 0691007780

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyzes the social organization of Bali before it was colonized by the Dutch in 1906. This book finds that the nineteenth-century Balinese state defied easy conceptualization by the familiar models of political theory and the standard Western approaches to understanding politics.

      Trade Review
      "The main purpose of Geertz's study is to delineate the general structure of the Negara by focusing on one particularly well-documented case, that of Bali in the era preceding the Dutch invasion of 1906. The outcome is a fascinating and remarkable book."--The New York Review of Books

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