Descrying the bourgeoisie: Sugar, capital and state in the Netherlands Indies, circa 1840-1884
Any attempt to descry the existence of a significant colonial bourgeoisie in Java during the middle decades of the nineteenth century might appear futile. An old, and apparently still lingering, orthodoxy postulates a colonial state uniquely in thrall to a powerful bureaucracy: one that exercised so...
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| Language: | English |
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BRILL
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |
| Online Access: | http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/21 |