The History of Java [Hardcover]

Thomas Stamford Raffles (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: London: John Murray (1830)
• ASIN: B001O7GJ4O
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A model for Government, November 6, 2005

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David R. Griffiths (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The history of Java (Oxford in Asia historical reprints)

It is doubtful that any contemporary official could write such an elegant and comprehensive work. Raffles not only left his post as Governor of Java, with the routine reports, but an analysis of the culture and languages. In his dedication to the Prince Regent he stated: "To uphold the weak, to put down lawless force, to lighten the chain of the slave, to sustain the honour of the British arms and British good faith; to promote the arts, sciences and literature, to establish humane institutions, are duties of government... I have had the honour, as a servant of the East India Company, to preside over a mild and simple people ... and by doing everything in my power to make them happy."
This is an artifact of the British Empire at its finest.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've been looking for this book for so long!!!, August 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The History of Java (Hardcover)

I wish this book will soon available in your bookshelves coz I really look for this book for ages and none bookstores yet sell the books. I've read some about Thomas Stamford Raffles and really adore the way he rules, and how he could be a Governor General in Java while he was still young, a great leader should not always come from a noble family! I have similarities to his life story.