Naning in Melaka

Naning in Melaka Monograph 16
Naning in Melaka

By Jonathan Cave
767pp. Size: 180x260mm. Hardcover
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Content:

List of Dato’ Penghulu Naning Sri Raja Merah

Book One: The History

    1. Early Times and the Malacca Sultanate
    2. The Portuguese Era
    3. The Dutch East India Company
    4. The Establishment of British Rule
    5. Land and Revenue Questions
    6. The Question of Jurisdiction
    7. The War
    8. The Post-War Settlement
    9. The English East India Company’s Administration
    10. The India Office
    11. The Early Year under the Colonial Office
    12. The Winds of Change
    13. The Reforming Legislation
    14. The District Administration
    15. ‘Prosperity and Peace in this Fertile Corner’
    16. Depression, Restriction, War, Emergency and Independence
Book Two: The Custom
    1. The Literary Approach
    2. Village Authority: the Family, Clan and its Inheritance
    3. Marriage and Marital Possessions
    4. Dissolution of Marriage
    5. Clan Membership and Adoption
    6. The Hierarchy, its Jurisdiction and the Gap between Customary and Statute Law
    7. The Naning Community
Book Three: The New Independence
    1. Political Currents
    2. The Custome and Change

Envoy
Appendices
References
Sources and Authorities
Index

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