Bali's Early Days-widow sacrifice,slavery & opium

Distilled from three fascinating research papers,these essays detail the little known realities of life in Bali's pre-colonial period wherein the ancient practices of widow sacrifice and slavery were still a royal perogative and early colonial days under the Dutch when slavery and the opium trade created Bali's very first export and import traffic.
The author Dr AA Gde Putra Agung,himself a direct descendant of the royal family of Karangasem,and a Phd from he University of Gajah Mada,for many years held the position of Head of Research in Culture and Tourism at the University of Udyana,Denpasar ,Bali.
Rodney Holt produced and introduced the publication of this work and in his introduction places it into the perspective of Bali's history of pwer building and conflict between the Balinese kingdoms.