Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java

Plus 430 Ex Index Auflage
ISBN: 978-90-04-25657-6
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 291, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 845 g

Reihe: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde

Trading enterprise figures prominently in Indonesian history. Commercial activities penetrated deep into the economy, politics and society of the former Netherlands Indies. Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes this, largely forgotten, world of commerce. During the period 1800-1942 this vanished world was, however, bustling. Merchants of very different background and stature cooperated and competed with each other. Trading relations were forged and dissolved, contracts were honoured and broken, fortunes were made and lost.
Using unpublished archival sources in Indonesia and the Netherlands Alexander Claver recounts the diverse trading mechanisms, complex credit relations and countless participants involved. How Dutch, Chinese, and Arab traders related to each other in such demanding business environment is the fascinating story of this book.

Zielgruppe

All interested in Dutch and Indonesian (colonial) history, as well as anyone concerned with entrepreneurial and economic themes. In particular: institutes, academic libraries, specialists, students, educated laymen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Claver, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Claver, Ph.D (2006), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, works at the Dutch Ministry of Defence. He has published articles and reviews on Indonesian and Dutch economic history. Currently, he is researching the history of the vanished Armenian population in Indonesia.