Dutch commerce and Chinese merchants in Java : colonial relationships in trade and finance, 1800-1942 / by Alexander Claver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claver, Alexander.

Contributor:

Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 291.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land en Volkenkunde, 1572-1892 ; volume 291

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Colonies.

Economic conditions.

Merchants.

History.

Chinese.

Dutch.

Commerce.

Java (Indonesia)--Commerce--History--19th century.

Java (Indonesia).

Java (Indonesia)--Commerce--History--20th century.

Netherlands--Commerce--History.

Netherlands.

China--Commerce--History.

China.

Dutch--Indonesia--Java--History.

Chinese--Indonesia--Java--History.

Merchants--Indonesia--Java--History.

Netherlands--Colonies--Asia--Economic conditions.

Netherlands--Foreign economic relations--China.

China--Foreign economic relations--Netherlands.

Asia.

Indonesia--Java.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 442 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

Trading enterprise figures prominently in Indonesian history. Commercial activities were a driving force in the colonial economy, politics and society of the former Netherlands Indies. Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in lava describes this largely forgotten world of commerce that flourished during the period 1800-1942. Merchants from widely diverging backgrounds and stature cooperated and competed with one another. Trading relations were forged and dissolved, contracts were honoured and broken, fortunes were made and lust. Using unpublished archival sources in Indonesia and the Netherlands, Alexander Claver documents the diverse trading mechanisms, complex credit relations and countless participants involved. How Dutch, Chinese, and Arab traders interacted with one another in such a demanding business environment is the fascinating story of this book. Book jacket.

Contents:

Glossary

1. Introduction

Research outline

Access to capital, information and security

The Indonesian case

Sources

Research method

2. Prelude to rapid expansion (1800-1884)

The colonial state and the economy

The resilience of private enterprise

Private enterprise under the cultivation system

Tilting the balance : finance in transition

Wholesalers and retailers

3. Crisis and adaptation (1884-1890s)

Economic policy and political expansion

The organization of trade

The onset of the crisis : sugar and coffee

The beginning of the crisis

The crisis experienced

The crisis prolonged : import and credit

4. Redefining Dutch-Chinese commercial relations (1890s-1910)

An awkward alliance : the interdependence of Dutch and Chinese business

The economic position of the Chinese under scrutiny

A wave of failures : Surabaya in the late 1890s

The Chinese boycot of the Handelsvereeniging Amsterdam

5. The road to expansion (1910-1930)

The late colonial state : consolidation and conflict

The colonial economy before 1914

The lure of sugar

DJ B and the outbreak of the First World War

The colonial economy after 1914

The Kwik Hoo Tong Handelmaatschappij : a prominent Chinese in sugar

6. Economic crisis and commercial resilience (1930-1942 )

The economic experience of the 1930s

The incidence of failure : bankruptcy cases in the 1920s and 1930s

Commercial resilience : two examples of crisis management in the 1930s

7. Conclusion

A bird's-eye view of colonial trade

Trade dynamics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references(pages 405-429) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Elizabeth Bowers Peck, 1929 Endowment Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004256571

9789004256576

OCLC:

863043975

Publisher Number:

99958546878