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

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (266 p.)
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Table of 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