Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan: socio-political structure in Indonesia

Article number 10123966

"The cover design by Ph.M. de Josselin de Jong symbolizes the link between Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan. It depicts the royal seal of the Yangdi-pertuan of Minangkabau, as set on the letter patent allegedly given by him to Raja Labuh, who tried to make himself ruler of Negri Sembilan around 1820. A facsimile of this letter is included in Dulaurier's Lettres et pièces diplomatiques. Preface 1 CHAPTER I. Introduction 3 CHAPTER II. Preliminary Survey 7 CHAPTER III. Consideration of some previous works on Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan 16 CHAPTER IV. Theory 35 CHAPTER V. Minangkabau Social Organisation 45 CHAPTER VI. Minangkabau Political Organisation 97 CHAPTER VII. Modern trends in Minangkabau 117 CHAPTER VIII. Negri Sembilan Social Organisation 122 CHAPTER IX. Negri Sembilan Political Organisation 151 CHAPTER X. Modern trends in Negri Sembilan 164 CHAPTER XI. Comparison 168 CHAPTER XII. Summary, and some wider implications 182 Bibliography 197 Index 205 Map 1. Minangkabau and Negri Sembilan 208 2. Minangkabau and its surroundings 209 3. Negri Sembilan and its surroundings 210 4. Minangkabau 211 5. Negri Sembilan 212 6. The distribution of the two adat in Minangkabau 213 CHAPTER XIII. Supplementary notes (1980 edition) 214 Errata 232