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Book SynopsisThe Wajorese people were one of many groups that spread across Indonesian during the early modern era. In the wake of the Makassar War (16661669), the Dutch took control of Makassar on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and used it to consolidate their power in the region. Because the Wajorese had sided with the war''s losers, they were treated very harshly and many opted to emigrate. They scattered far and wide across the Southeast Asian archipelago, settling in eastern Kalimantan, western Sumatra, the Straits of Malacca, and the Sulawesian port city of Makassar.
Wellen reconstructs the fascinating and little-told story of the Wajorese diaspora. Wajorese migrants exhibited remarkable versatility in adapting to local conditions in the areas where they settled. They perpetuated their own culture overseas while simultaneously using various assimilation strategies such as intermarriage to thrive in their adopted homelands. Relations between Wajorese migrants and their homel
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Kathryn Wellen's book is an important contribution to the study of early Indonesian history, and is likely to catch the interest even of people not specialized in the field.... It is based on a variety of sources and shows how history can be enriched by anthropological perspectives.
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