Commodities and colonialism the story of big sugar in Indonesia, 1880-1942 / by G. Roger Knight.
| Author/creator | Knight, G. R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2013. |
| Description | xi, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Series | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; volume 286 Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 286. ^A209949 |
| Contents | Introduction. Java sugar and the age of mass production -- A new epoch : the asian connection -- A precocious appetite : fertilizer, horticulture and agro-industry in the field -- Bureaucracy versus plantocracy : the colonial state and 'Big sugar' -- No business like sugar business : from profit to investment -- Enmeshed in Lilliput : constraints on growth -- No escape : the HVA and the Djatiroto project -- Maring the best of it : the twenties and the apogee of big sugar -- Commercial nemesis : Java, Japan and the Raj -- Conclusion and postscript : the story of 'Big sugar' in Indonesia -- Appendix 1. Various data, Circa 1880-1940 -- Appendix 2. Main export destinations : Java sugar, Circa 1880-1940 -- Appendix 3. Productions costs at the Modjo Agoeng sugar factory, Surabaya residency, East Java, 1905-1940 -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-284) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013931781 |
| ISBN | 9789004250512 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9004250514 (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |