The Politics of Colonial Exploitation: Java, the Dutch, and the Cultivation System

Studies on Southeast Asia #8

by Cornelis Fasseur, 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 the system itself altered Dutch views of governance in Java.

266 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992