And the Sun Pursued the Moon Symbolic Knowledge and by Thomas Gibson HARDBACK

And the Sun Pursued the Moon Symbolic Knowledge and Traditional Authority Among the Makassar\nby Thomas Gibson\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Thomas Gibson\nTitle: And the Sun Pursued the Moon Symbolic Knowledge and Traditional Authority Among the Makassar\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural anthropology\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press\nPublication year: 2005\nISBN-13: 9780824828653\nISBN-10: 0824828658\nRRP: \u00A357.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nFrom 600 to 1600 CE, the Java Sea was dominated by a ring of maritime kingdoms engaged in long-distance raiding, trading, and marriage alliances with one another. This work explores the economic, political, and symbolic processes by which early Makassar communities were incorporated into this regional.