This study provides insight to the history and culture of the people of Bali, from prehistoric times to the present.

Angela Hobart has a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and is currently a lecturer at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. She is also Honorary Research Fellow in the Anthropology Department, University College, London. She is the author of Dancing Shadows of Bali (1987).

Urs Ramseyer studied cultural anthropology, sociology and musicology in Basle and Paris. He is the head of the South-East Asian Department at the Basle Museum of Ethnology. His previous books include The Art and Culture of Bali (1977).

Albert Leemann studied at the University of Zurich and the Alliance française in Paris. He is Emeritus Professor of Social and Environmental Geography at the University of Zürich.