Chinese Indentured Labour in the Dutch East Indies, 1880-1942 - Tin, Tobacco, Timber, and the Penal Sanction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book offers a comprehensive account of indentured Chinese labour in the Dutch East Indies between 1880 and 1942, particularly in its twilight years after 1917. The author shows that Chinese indenture started and evolved differently from other forms of bonded labour in Southeast Asia and globally, including its Indian and Javanese variants. This difference is reflected in its lexicon, which was in part special to the Chinese strain. Using fieldwork findings from the tin islands of Bangka and Belitung and the Deli plantations on Sumatra as well as archival materials in Dutch, Chinese, and other languages held in libraries in Java, Nanjing, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Leiden, this book presents cutting-edge research that sets out to contribute to the revising of our historical understanding of indenture.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Gregor Benton
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 42mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	611
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-105023-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	3-03-105023-1
Barcode:	9783031050237

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