The Netherlands Indies and the Great War 1914-1918 / Kees van Dijk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dijk, C. van (Cornelis), 1946- author.

Series:

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 254.

Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 254

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Indonesia.

World War, 1914-1918.

Indonesia--History--1798-1942.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (688 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden - Boston Brill 2007

Leiden : KITLV Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

World War I had just broken out, but colonial authorities in the Netherlands Indies heaved a sigh of relief: The colonial export sector had not collapsed and war offered new economic prospects; representatives from the Islamic nationalist movement had prayed for God to bless the Netherlands but had not seized upon the occasion to incite unrest. Furthermore, the colonial government, impressed by such shows of loyalty, embarked upon a campaign to create a ‘native militia’, an army of Javanese to assist in repulsing a possible Japanese invasion. Yet there were other problems: pilgrims stranded in Mecca, the pro-German disposition of most Indonesian Muslims because of the involvement of Turkey in the war, and above all the status of the Netherlands Indies as a smuggling station used by Indian revolutionaries and German agents to subvert British rule in Asia. By 1917 the optimism of the first war years had disappeared. Trade restrictions, the war at sea, and a worldwide lack of tonnage caused export opportunities to dwindle. Communist propaganda had radicalized the nationalist movement. In 1918 it seemed that the colony might cave inches Exports had ceased. Famine was a very real danger. There was increasing unrest within the colonial population and the army and navy. Colonial authorities turned to the nationalist movement for help, offering them drastic political concessions, forgotten as soon as the war ended. The political and economic independence gained by the Netherlands Indies, a result of problems in communications with the mother country, was also lost with the end of the war. Kees van Dijk examines how in 1917 the atmosphere of optimism in the Netherlands Indies changed to one of unrest and dissatisfaction, and how after World War I the situation stabilized to resemble pre-war political and economic circumstances Full text (Open Access)

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Kees van Dijk

Chapter I: The colonial race / Kees van Dijk

Chapter II: A new century, a new elan / Kees van Dijk

Chapter III: Indiërs / Kees van Dijk

Chapter IV: The threat from the north / Kees van Dijk

Chapter V: The Dutch fleet / Kees van Dijk

Chapter VI: August 1914 / Kees van Dijk

Chapter VII: Guarding strict neutrality / Kees van Dijk

Chapter VIII: The European community in the Netherlands Indies / Kees van Dijk

Chapter IX: Loyal subjects / Kees van Dijk

Chapter X: A native militia / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XI: The Turkish factor / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XII: The German menace / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XIII: The consequences of economic warfare / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XIV: Adjusting to economic warfare / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XV: The dangers of war and shipping / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XVI: Gloomy prospects / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XVII: Growing domestic unrest / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XVIII: The end of Dutch international shipping and trade / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XIX: Rice and sugar / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XX: Restlessness / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XXI: November 1918 / Kees van Dijk

Chapter XXII: Peace Missed opportunities / Kees van Dijk

Bibliography / Kees van Dijk

General index / Kees van Dijk

Index of geographical names / Kees van Dijk

Index of personal names / Kees van Dijk.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004260474

9004260471

OCLC:

798294449

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004260474 DOI