Prophets of Rebellion

Millenarian Protest Movements against the European Colonial Order

Michael Adas

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780807896020
  9780807813539
• eBook ISBN:
  9781469610023
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

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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Index

A

• Aberle, David, 44
• Acculturation: and European colonialism, xiv;
  • and revitalization movements, xviii, 183–84;
  • in New Zealand, 12–16, 41;
  • and Alaskan Eskimos, 15, 193 (n. 12);
  • and social protest, 43, 44
• Adat, 83, 116
• Agung, Sultan, 4, 5, 142
• Akida, 30, 31, 52, 82;
  • as overseers, 64, 78, 126. See also Swahili
• Alaungpaya, 34, 102
• Amangkurat I, 5
• Amerindians, 4, 11
• Amulets. See Talismans
• Anand Panre, 107
• Ancestor, 113;
  • veneration in east Africa, 105, 144–45;
  • and the Maji Maji cult, 105;
  • among the Maori, 111
• Anglo-Burman wars, 36, 37, 130, 172
• Anomie, 42, 195 (n. 49)
• Apanage. See Tribute systems
• Arabs, 126;
  • Dutch rivals, 3;
  • slave traders, 25, 41;
  • of Swahili coast, 30, 32;
  • overseers, 65;
  • manuscripts in Java, 132;
  • magical inscriptions, 154
• Asceticism, 97, 107, 143
• Askaris, 53, 83, 174

B

• Bagelen, 9–10
• Banditry, 80;
  • indiscriminate label, xx;
  • and rebellion in Burma, 38, 40, 100, 128, 130;
  • “social bandits,” 121, 186;
  • and rebellion, 137;
  • and talismans, 151
• Banten, 4, 49
• Batavia, 3, 4, 5
• Bekel, 50, 51, 65, 68
• Bena, 27, 32
• Benteng, 10, 173
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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• PROPHETS OF REBELLION
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• One Contexts for Five Rebellions
• Two Causes for Revolt: Colonial Transformations and Relative Deprivation
• Three An Absence of Alternatives
• Four Prophets and Millenarian Visions
• Five Toward Violence: Abortive Repression and the Rise of Secondary Leaders
• Six Mobilization: Symbol and Ritual, Talisman and Sympathetic Magic
• Seven Rebellion, Suppression, and Impact
• Eight Prophetic Rebellion as a Type of Social Protest
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index