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Prophets of Rebellion : Millenarian Protest Movements Against the European Colonial Order

Author
Adas, Michael, 1943-
Published
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1979.
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1 online resource (479 pages).
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English.
Contents
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: Contexts for Five Rebellions; Dutch Advance and the Slow Death of Mataram: The Java War of 1825-1830; The End of Maori Isolation and the Pai Maire Movement in New Zealand, 1864-c. 1867; The Mundas and the Birsa Rising in Chota Nagpur (East-Central India), 1899-1900; A Century of Upheavals and the Maji Maji Rebellion in German East Africa (Tanzania), 1905-1906; Laissez-faire Colonialism in British Burma and the Saya San Rebellion of 1930-1932; Variations and Common Themes, TWO: Causes for Revolt: Colonial Transformations and Relative DeprivationColonial Bureaucracies and Elite Displacement; A Question of Legitimacy; Displacement, Legitimacy, and Relative Deprivation; Making the Colonies Pay: Land, Labor, and Taxation; Extraction, Ethnic Hostility, and Relative Deprivation; THREE: An Absence of Alternatives; Unresponsive Bureaucracies; The Failure of Constitutional Agitation; No Refuge in Christ; FOUR: Prophets and Millenarian Visions; Five Prophets and the Promise of Salvation; DIPANAGARA: PRINCE AND SAVIOR-KING, SAYA SAN: FROM NATIONALIST AGITATOR TO FUTURE BUDDHAKINJIKITILE: ORACLE OF REBELLION; BIRSA: MUNDA PRODIGY; TE UA HAUMENE: PROPHET OF PEACE; The Roles of Prophets and Millennial Visions; FIVE: Toward Violence: Abortive Repression and the Rise of Secondary Leaders; Precipitants of Rebellion; Commanders for the Holy Wars; SIX: Mobilization: Symbol and Ritual, Talisman and Sympathetic Magic; Disaster and Rumors: Setting the Stage for Revolt; The Quest for Legitimacy; Rituals for Solidarity and Battle; Talismans; Sympathetic Magic; Forcible Recruitment, and The Rationality of Millennial Solutions and Magical TechniquesSEVEN: Rebellion, Suppression, and Impact; Rebellion; Suppression; Impact; EIGHT: Prophetic Rebellion as a Type of Social Protest; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
Adas explores the relationship between millenarianism and violent protest by focusing on five case studies representing a wide range of social, political, and economic systems. The rebellions examined are: Netherlands East Indies (1825-30), New Zealand (c. 1864-67), Central India (1895-1900), German East Africa (1903-6), and Burma (1930-32). Arranged topically to emphasize comparative patterns, the study analyzes causes, leaders, organization, failure, and the impact on the individual society. Originally published in 1979.
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ISBN
9781469610023 (electronic bk.)
1469610027 (electronic bk.)
1469610027
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-234) and index.
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