The politics of colonial exploitation : Java, the Dutch, and the Cultivation System (Studies on Southeast Asia)

Cornelis Fasseur ; translated from the Dutch by R.E. Elson and Ary Kraal ; edited by R.E. Elson

ISBN 10: 0877277079 / ISBN 13: 9780877277071

Published by Ithaca : Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2016

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266 pages ; 26 cm. The development of the Cultivation System from the years 1840 to 1860 is the focus of this work by the Dutch scholar Cornelis Fasseur. The author presents a general overview of Dutch po y and decision-making, and considers how these policies influenced the evolution of the Cultivation System and how the system itself altered Dutch views of governance in Java.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The politics of colonial exploitation : Java, the Dutch, and the Cultivation System (Studies on Southeast Asia)
• Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University, Southeast Asia Program Publications
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877277079
• ISBN 13: 9780877277071
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Southeast Asia

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Synopsis

The development of the Cultivation System from the years 1840 to 1860 is the focus of this work by the Dutch scholar Cornelis Fasseur. The author presents a general overview of Dutch po y and decision-making, and considers how these policies influenced the evolution of the Cultivation System and how the system itself altered Dutch views of governance in Java.

Review

"Anyone interested in understanding Dutch colonial policy toward Indonesia in the middle of the nineteenth century must begin with this excellent study."

--Journal of Asian Studies