Commodities and colonialism : the story of Big Sugar in Indonesia, 1880-1942 /
In Commodities and Colonial Production, G. Roger Knight provides an account of colonial Indonesia's world-class sugar industry from the 1880s through to the beginning of the Second World War
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013
Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : 2013 Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : 2013 |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
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Table of Contents:
- Commodities and Colonialism; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Java sugar and the age of mass production; Chapter 1; A new epoch; The Asian connection; Chapter 2; A precocious appetite; Fertilizer, horticulture and agro-industry in the field; Chapter 3; Bureaucracy versus plantocracy; The colonial state and 'Big Sugar'; Chapter 4; No business like sugar business; From profit to investment; Chapter 5; Enmeshed in Lilliput; Constraints on growth; Chapter 6; No escape; The HVA and the Djatiroto project; Chapter 7; Making the best of it; The twenties and the apogee of big sugar
- 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.
- Chapter 8Commercial 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 Production costs at the Modjo Agoeng sugar factory, Surabaya Residency, East Java, 1905-1940; Bibliography; Index