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Being “Dutch” in the Indies: A History of Creolisation and Empire, 1500-1920 |
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Ulbe Bosma and Remco Raben (Wendie Shaffer, translator) |
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Being “Dutch” in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as societies under foreign occupation but as a “Creole empire” ruled by an elite of mixed Dutch and Asian descent. The “Indische” oligarchy dominated the plantation industry, commerce, and local government, but in the early twentieth century was rapidly marginalized when large numbers of people from Europe went to Asia as officials and businessmen, and Indonesian nationalists rejected their local credentials.
The authors draw on government archives, newspapers and literary works as well as genealogical studies that extend over several generations. They also critically analyze theories relating to culturally and racially mixed communities to develop a picture of the Indies that shatters conventional understandings of colonial rule in Asia.
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publication year: 2007
458 pages
ISBN 978-9971-69-373-2 Paperback US$32.00 S$42.00
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