Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State
Elsbeth Locher-Scholten
ISBN 10: 0877277362 ISBN 13: 9780877277361
Published by Cornell University Press, 2003
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Translator(s): Jackson, Beverley. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 730. . 2003. Illustrated. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780877277361
Synopsis:
The first English translation of Professor Locher-Scholten's 1994 Dutch text, a study of the reaction to Dutch colonial expansion by the Sumatran sultanate of Jambi. The Dutch text has been called "an excellent teaching tool for work on the Netherlands imperial project " [Locher-Scholten's] extensive archive work, in both Holland and Indonesia, her explicit reference to secondary theoretical works, and her useful lists mean that her analysis is transparent and accessible."
Review:
"The value of this work....lies in the richly detailed historical case against which to assess competing theoretical views.... This meticulously documented history of the Jambi-Batavia relationship opens a window on a critical period of time when the policy in the Hague and in Batavia changed from 'abstention' toward one aimed at the control of territory and people.... Locher-Scholten's meticulous scholarship has been expertly translated into English by Beverley Jackson. It will help ground future discussions about Dutch colonialism during this critical period when the modern colonial state was forming."
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New