Isbn: 9788173043840 - Dutch Sources on South Asia C. 1600-1825: Volume 1: Bibliography & Archival Guide to the National Archives at the Hague (7 results)

red hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition. first printing (Fpu 2001 & nap). 424p. 6 b&w maps. 3 appendices. index. world history. dutch east india company. VOC. history of india. history of southeast asia. history of indonesia. bibliographies ~ This volume is a comprehensive companion to the use of the rich archival resources of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as well as other, related collections at the National Archives in The Hague. Apart from detailed inventories, it includes concise historical and historiographical introductions, various regional maps, and an extensive bibliography relating to two centuries of intensive Dutch involvement with the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Jacket photograph: Depiction of the Haspel van Pouchon: a machine that integrates the unwinding and reeling of silk in one process. The method was adopted by the VOC in 1779, some twenty years after the British and some local merchants had started using it in Bengal. In fact, the VOC had long resisted its introduction, as had many of the silk~producing peasants of Bengal. The Dutch thought the method was too expensive while the peasants detested having one stage in the production of silk taken out of their hands, losing part of their income. As we see Indians and Europeans together resisting the new industrial age, the picture symbolises the last phase of the so~called Age of Partnership.…

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Condition: New. pp. 424, Maps, Indices 1st Published.

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Condition: very good. New Delhi : Manohar Publishers, 2001. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 424 pp. Library Stamp. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9788173043840. Keywords : HISTORY.

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