The Bugis

The Bugis
Author Christian Pelras
Language English
Series The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific
Subject The Bugis and their culture
Genre Cultural
Publisher Backwell Publishing
Publication date
United States: January 1997
Rest of the World: December 1996
Pages 384
ISBN 978-0-631-17231-4
OCLC 33207980
959.8/4 20
LC Class DS632.B85 P45 1996

The Bugis is a book written by Christian Pelras about the Bugis people produced in 1996 and published in the United States in 1997 by Blackwell Publishing.[1] It is the first book ever to describe the history of the Bugis ranging from their origins 40,000 years ago to the present. The book is one of the books under The Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific book series.

The Bugis contents are divided into two parts; the first part "The Shaping of Identity: from Origins to the Classical Age" which covers five topics and the second part "Society and Culture: Lasting Aspects and Modern Transformation" which contains four topics.

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