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Banten Rebellion, 1750-1752: Factors behind the Mass Participation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2003

Atsushi Ota
Affiliation:
Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

Extract

The Banten Rebellion of 1750 has been described in two recent standard accounts in totally different ways. M. C. Ricklefs emphasizes the political conflicts between the ruler and the elite in court circles as a principal cause of the uprising, while J. Kathirithamby-Wells views this event as a consequence of the economic exploitation of an oppressed people. Why has this same event been depicted so differently?

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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