The Bugis


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. 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.