Author:John Crawfurd

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John Crawfurd
(1783–1868)

Scottish colonial administrator, activist and lobbyist, known as a historian, linguist and ethnologist

John Crawfurd

Works[edit]

  • History of the languages of the Indian islands (1814)
  • An Inscription from the Kawi or ancient Javanese language (1816)
  • A short address to the weavers of Paisley and the neighbourhood, (suggesting a plan for their relief) (1819)
  • History of the Indian Archipelago. Containing an account of the manners, arts, languages, religions, institutions, and commerce of its inhabitants (1820) (transcription project)
  • On the existence of the Hindu religion in the island of Bali (1820?)
  • The Ruins of Prambanan in Java (1820?)
  • A view of the present state and future prospects of the free trade and colonisation of India (1828) [external link
  • Journal of an embassy from the governer-general of India to the Court of Ava, in the year 1827, with an appendix containing a description of fossil remains, by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift (1829) vol 1, vol 2
  • Journal of an embassy to the courts of Siam and Cochin China (1830)
  • Chinese monopoly examined (1830)
  • An inquiry into some of the principal monopolies of the East India Company (1830)
  • Notes on the settlement or colonization of British subjects in India : with an appendix of proofs and illustrations (1833) (short work) external link
  • The newspaper stamp and the newspaper postage (1836)
  • Taxes on knowledge: a financial and historical view of the taxes which impede the education of the people (1836)
  • An historical and descriptive account of China. With others. 1836 external link
  • An appeal from the inhabitants of British India to the justice of the people of England: a popular inquiry into the operation of the system of taxation in British India (1839)
  • On the Malayan and Polynesian Languages and Races (1847)
  • "A scheme for representing Malay sounds by Roman Letters" in Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, Series 1, 2 (1848), pp. 564–570
  • "On the Words introduced into the English from the Malay, Polynesian and Chinese languages" in Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, Series 1, 4 (1850), pp. 182–190
  • A Grammar and Dictionary of the Malay Language with a Preliminary Dissertation (1852) (transcription volumes: 1, 2)
  • A descriptive dictionary of the Indian islands and adjacent countries (1856) external link
  • China and its trade, 1858 external link
  • On the Aryan, or Indo-Germanic theory, 1861 external link
  • On the so-called Celtic languages in reference to the question of race, 1863 (short work) external link
  • On the origin of the gypsies (1863) external link
  • On the relation of the domesticated animals to civilisation, 1863 (short work) external link
  • A few notes on Sir Charles Lyell's 'Antiquity of man', 1863 external link
  • On the physical and mental characteristics of the African or Occidental negro, (short work) 1865 external link
  • On the supposed infecundity of human hybrids or crosses (1864)
  • On Caesar's account of Britain and its inhabitants in reference to ethnology, (short work) 1866 external link
  • The plurality of the races of man: a discourse (1867), with John Baxter Langley
  • On the theory of the origin of the species by natural selection in the struggle for life, (short work) 1868 external link
  • The horse: its history and uses, (short work) 1869 external link
  • The Crawfurd Papers: a collection of official records relating to the mission of Dr. John Crawfurd sent to Siam by the government of India in the year 1821, editor William Storm
  • Crawfurd Treaty (1824)

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Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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