Sumatra

Author : A. J. Barber
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 9781862391802
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sumatra written by A. J. Barber and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides the first comprehensive account of the geology of Sumatra since the masterly synthesis of van Bemmelen (1949). Following the establishment of the Geological Survey of Indonesia, after WW II, the whole island has been mapped geologically at the reconnaissance level, with the collaboration of the geological surveys of the United States and the United Kingdom. The mapping programme, completed in the mid-1990s, together with supplementary data obtained by academic institutions and petroleum and mineral exploration companies, has resulted in a vast increase in geological information, which is summarized in this volume. The synthesis of structural controls on sedimentation and magmatism during the tectonic evolution of Sumatra since the late Palaeozoic has provided a background for the formation of economic deposits of metallic minerals, coal, oil and gas. The volume provides a sound basis for future geological research and for the exploration of the energy and mineral resources of the island.

Author : Margaret Kartomi
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252036719
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musical Journeys in Sumatra written by Margaret Kartomi and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring unique photographs and original drawings from Kartomi's field observations of instruments and performances, Musical Journeys in Sumatra provides a comprehensive musical introduction to this neglected, very large island, with its hundreds of ethno-linguistic-musical groups. Kartomi is a professor of music at Monash University in Australia.

Author : Anthony Reid
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9789971692988
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Indonesian Frontier written by Anthony Reid and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the fruit of 40 years study of Sumatran history, from the 16th century to the present. While seeking patterns of coherence in the vast island frontier, this book focuses on Aceh, which has both the most illustrious state history and the most troubled present.

Author : Ann Laura Stoler
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472082193
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870-1979 written by Ann Laura Stoler and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the relations of power and production that structured the course of plantation agriculture and the lives of those drawn into its field of force

Author : G. L. Tichelman
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Kingdoms in Sumatra written by G. L. Tichelman and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1991 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin Meyer Loeb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789020075045
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sumatra written by Edwin Meyer Loeb and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James W. Gould
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401188467
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Americans in Sumatra written by James W. Gould and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a common belief that until recently Americans have preferred isolation to interest in remote areas such as Southeast Asia. This thesis can be tested by examining the history of American relations with a place on the opposite side of the globe from the United States. Such a land is Sumatra. It is one of the largest islands in the world. Its I66,789 square mile area exceeds that of the third largest American state, California, and is larger than Italy. Lying halfway around the world from the United States, its I050 mile length is almost divided by the equator, which runs across it for 285 miles. Sumatra's strategic importance is two-fold. Firstly, it is the first island stepping stone from the Asiatic mainland into the Australasian archipelago. This was demonstrated in I942 when the United States stationed planes on Sumatra in an attempt to stem the Japanese advance southward. Secondly, it lies athwart the shortest sea routes from Eastern Asia to Europe and the Eastern United States. Sumatra's southern tip forms one side of the Straits of Sunda which guards the access to the Java, China and Philippine Seas. At the island's northern tip is the entrance to the Straits of Malacca, the shortest sea lane be tween the Near and Far East. The opening of the Suez Canal in I869 shifted the shortest route between the Far East and the Western World from the Sunda to the Malacca Straits.

Author : Yves Laumonier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400900317
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vegetation and Physiography of Sumatra written by Yves Laumonier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen years ago, approximately half the world population was estimated to live in continental and insular South-East Asia (Burma, Thailand, Kampuchea, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Philippines). Then the region had a population growth of four million people every month, and the problem of malnutrition was acute for the rural population. International agricultural development organisations decided that their primary aim would be to double existing levels of agricultural production and, taking account of population growth, to double it again by the end of the century (Whyte 1976). Today, while global issues have greatly affected the parameters of the problem, the situation remains both serious and difficult. Despite impressive efforts in education and health, Indonesia for example, where population (179 millions) growth eased off only slightly between 1980 and 1990 (from 2. 3 percent to 1. 9 percent), is having to cope with increasing difficulties in managing natural resources and particularly its evanescent forest assets which, until 1986, were the second largest source of national revenue. Indonesia has the second largest surface area of tropical rain forests in the world (after Brazil) and thus all the problems linked with management and disappearance of those forests. The latest estimate gives a figure of 109 million hectares of forest in 1990, of which 40. 8 million hectares are production forests (Anon. -F AO 1990).

Author : Paul Dixon
Publisher : Footprint Handbooks
ISBN 13 : 9781908206855
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sumatra written by Paul Dixon and published by Footprint Handbooks. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the great volcanic Lake Danau to the bustling city of Medan - with its colonial and Chinese architecture - Footprint Focus Sumatra offers extensive coverage of an island steeped in heritage and natural wonder.

Author : Achim Sibeth
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500973929
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Batak written by Achim Sibeth and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1991 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive anthropological history of the Batak several groups with distinct, albeit related, languages and customs ethnic groups from the highlands of North Sumatra, Indonesia.