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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Claver, Alexander, author.

Series:

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

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Landen Volkenkunde, 1572-1892 ; Volume 291

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dutch--Indonesia--Java--History.

Dutch.

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

Java (Indonesia).

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

Netherlands--Commerce--History.

Netherlands.

China--Commerce--History.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 442 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2014

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

Text in English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 Using unpublished archival sources in Indonesia and the Netherlands Alexander Claver recounts the diverse trading mechanisms, complex credit relations and countless participants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. Full text (Open Access)

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Prelude to Rapid Expansion (1800-1884)

Crisis and Adaptation (1884-1890s)

Redefining Dutch-Chinese Commercial Relations (1890s-1910)

The Road to Expansion (1910-1930)

Economic Crisis and Commercial Resilience (1930-1942)

Conclusion

Sources

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004263239

9004263233

OCLC:

893909815

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004263239 DOI

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access