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The Politics of Colonial Exploitation : Java, The Dutch, and the Cultivation System / Cornelis Fasseur; ed. by R. E. Elson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (266 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501719127
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.95982 23/eng
LOC classification:
  • HC448.J4
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Java: The Jewel In The Dutch Crown -- 2. The Cultivation System -- 3. "The Cork On Which The Netherlands Floats" -- 4. Criticism In Private -- 5. Sugar And Sugar Contracts -- 6. Criticism In Public -- 7. Years Of Continuity And Change -- 8. Colonial Profits And The Liberal Dilemma -- 9. The Cultivation System And "Free Labor" -- 10. Sugar And Scandal -- 11. Rochussen And The Sugar Contractors At Bay -- 12. The End Of The Conservative Era -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The Major Government Cultivations In Figures -- Appendix 2: Market Prices Of Coffee, Sugar, And Indigo Auctioned By The Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij In The Netherlands On Government Account In The Period 1840–60 -- Appendix 3: Ministers Of Colonies And Governors-General Of The Netherlands Indies, 1840–60 -- Appendix 4: The British Envoy, Lord Napier, To The Minister Of Foreign Affairs Lord Russell, The Hague, 12 December 1860 -- Abbreviations And Glossary -- Bibliography
Summary: 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.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Java: The Jewel In The Dutch Crown -- 2. The Cultivation System -- 3. "The Cork On Which The Netherlands Floats" -- 4. Criticism In Private -- 5. Sugar And Sugar Contracts -- 6. Criticism In Public -- 7. Years Of Continuity And Change -- 8. Colonial Profits And The Liberal Dilemma -- 9. The Cultivation System And "Free Labor" -- 10. Sugar And Scandal -- 11. Rochussen And The Sugar Contractors At Bay -- 12. The End Of The Conservative Era -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: The Major Government Cultivations In Figures -- Appendix 2: Market Prices Of Coffee, Sugar, And Indigo Auctioned By The Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij In The Netherlands On Government Account In The Period 1840–60 -- Appendix 3: Ministers Of Colonies And Governors-General Of The Netherlands Indies, 1840–60 -- Appendix 4: The British Envoy, Lord Napier, To The Minister Of Foreign Affairs Lord Russell, The Hague, 12 December 1860 -- Abbreviations And Glossary -- Bibliography

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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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In English.

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