Java; or, How to Manage a Colony
Money, J. W. B.
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Add to basketSold by Atelier Zweig, Marina del Rey, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 24 May 2026
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketJava; or, How to Manage a Colony. Showing a Practical Solution of the Questions now affecting British India. J.W.B. Money. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1861. First edition, complete in two volumes. A substantial 19th-century study of colonial administration that reads British India through the example of the Dutch in Java, including discussion of the Culture System associated with General Johannes van den Bosch (to whom the work is dedicated). An attractive set in recent period-style half calf bindings. Edition, Printing & Bibliography First Edition, London, 1861 (as dated on title pages) Publisher: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers (Successors to Henry Colburn), 13 Great Marlborough Street Printer: Savill & Edwards, Chandos Street, Covent Garden (imprint present) Two volumes, 8vo Dedication: "To the memory of General Johannes van den Bosch ? author of the Java Culture System" Epigraph leaf (Greek, attributed to Plutarch) preceding title in each volume Format & Binding Handsome recent half calf over marbled boards; raised bands; gilt tools; green morocco spine labels lettered "JAVA ? MONEY" & "VOL. I / VOL. II" Marbled boards and endpapers; edges untrimmed with expected 19th-century toning Sturdy, professional work?presents very well on the shelf Condition (Very Good set) Bindings fresh and tight; light shelf evidence only Text blocks generally clean with scattered foxing/toning typical of the period Older ownership signature to each title page (see photos) No library marks; pages complete; leaves open unevenly as issued Contents & Collation Notes Vol. I: Prefatory material; policy and administrative chapters on Java as a model for British India Vol. II: Continuation of analysis; statistical appendices Folding letterpress table of expenditure at end of Volume I (present) Publisher's ads (4 pp.) bound at rear of Volume II (present) Historical Note Money's treatise engages directly with the Dutch Cultuurstelsel (Culture System) instituted in the 1830s?wherein Javanese peasants were compelled to devote part of their land and labor to export crops for the colonial state. By examining its revenues, logistics, and social effects, the author argues for "practical solutions" to questions facing British governance in India after the 1857 uprising. The work is therefore cited in studies of comparative colonial policy, political economy, and Southeast Asian history. Shipping & Packing Ships insured, boxed and well-padded; each volume wrapped.
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