The social world of Batavia : Europeans and Eurasians in colonial Indonesia / Jean Gelman Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Jean Gelman, 1944-

Series:

New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.

New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interracial marriage--Indonesia.

Interracial marriage.

Elite (Social sciences)--Indonesia--Jakarta--History.

Elite (Social sciences).

Jakarta (Indonesia)--Ethnic relations.

Jakarta (Indonesia).

Jakarta (Indonesia)--Social conditions.

Netherlands--Colonies--Indonesia--History.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

xxii, 249 p. : ill.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the seventeenth century, the Dutch established a trading base at the Indonesian site of Jacarta. What began as a minor colonial outpost under the name Batavia would become, over the next three centuries, the flourishing economic and political nucleus of the Dutch Asian Empire. In this pioneering study, Jean Gelman Taylor offers a comprehensive analysis of Batavia's extraordinary social world--its marriage patterns, religious and social organizations, economic interests, and sexual roles.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

Acknowledgments

Guide to the Text

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

1: Origins of the City of Batavia

2: Growth of the Settlement Society

3: The Web of Colonial Society: Batavia and Environs in the Eighteenth Century

4: The Assault on Indies Culture

5: The Destruction of VOC Society and the Creation of the New Colonial

6: The Inner Life of Late Colonial Society Epilogue

New Explorations of European-Asian Encounters

Maps

Appendix 1: Family Trees

Appendix 2: Governors-General and Their Wives

Appendix 3: Family and Position in VOC Batavia

Notes

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612270604

9781282270602

1282270605

9780299232139

0299232131

OCLC:

456376740

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04477 hdl