Netherlands India
A Study of Plural Economy

A reissue of the classic history of Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia, describing its economic and social development until 1939.

J. S. Furnivall (Author)

9781108011273, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 June 2010

532 pages, 6 maps
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg

A classic study of the subject and one of the major works in English on Dutch colonialism in Indonesia, Furnivall's magisterial history was published on the brink of the Second World War when Dutch power was waning in the archipelago. This study traces the economic and social development of Netherlands India from the arrival of the Dutch to 1939. It illustrates the geographical, economic and social features of the colony, and how Dutch and native Indonesian inhabitants co-existed within a unique, now lost, society and culture. Furnivall (1878–1960) served as a British colonial administrator in Burma for many years, and went on to become Professor of Burmese Studies at Cambridge University. The breadth and scope of this book make it an often cited and influential book in southeast Asian studies to this day.

Introduction
Territorial divisions
Author's preface
List of general references
Glossary
Measures and currency
1. Indonesia to 1600
2. The East India Company, 1600–1800
3. The years of confusion, 1795–1815
4. The years of uncertainty, 1815–1830
5. The culture system, 1830–1850
6. The transition to liberalism, 1850–1870
7. Liberalism, 1870–1900
8. Efficiency, welfare and autonomy
9. Administrative and political reforms
10. Economic progress
11. Social economy
12. Some effects of the crisis of 1929
13. Plural economy
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]