Dutch commerce and Chinese merchants in Java : colonial relationships in trade and finance, 1800-1942 /

Dutch commerce and Chinese merchants in Java : colonial relationships in trade and finance, 1800-1942 /

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Author / Creator:Claver, Alexander.
Imprint:Leiden : Brill, 2014.
Description:xxiv, 442 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land en Volkenkunde, 1572-1892 ; volume 291
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 291.
Subject:
Dutch -- Indonesia -- Java -- History.
Chinese -- Indonesia -- Java -- History.
Merchants -- Indonesia -- Java -- History.
Chinese.
Commerce.
Dutch.
Economic history.
International economic relations.
Merchants.
Netherlandish colonies.
Java (Indonesia) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Java (Indonesia) -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century.
Netherlands -- Commerce -- History.
China -- Commerce -- History.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- Economic conditions.
Netherlands -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
China -- Foreign economic relations -- Netherlands.
Asia.
China.
Indonesia -- Java.
Netherlands.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9897732
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ISBN:9789004256576 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9004256571 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9789004263239 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Boxes
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Glossary
  • Conventions
  • Maps
  • 1. Introduction
  • Research Outline
  • Access to Capital, Information and Security
  • The Indonesian Case
  • Sources
  • Research Method
  • 2. Prelude to Rapid Expansion (1800-1884)
  • The Colonial State and the Economy
  • The Resilience of Private Enterprise
  • Entrepreneurship under the Cultivation System: Djauw Adjiem and Ho Kong Sing
  • Finance in Transition: Internatio and De Javasche Bank
  • Wholesalers and Retailers: Van Beek, Reineke & Co. - HVA
  • 3. Crisis and Adaptation (1884-1890s)
  • Economic Policy and Political Expansion
  • The Organization of Trade
  • The Onset of the Crisis: Sugar and Coffee
  • Beginning of the Crisis
  • The Crisis Experienced: Internatio and Dorrepaal & Co
  • The Crisis Prolonged: Sing Liong & Co
  • 4. Redefining Dutch-Chinese Commercial Relations (1890s-1910)
  • An Awkward Alliance: The Interdependence of Dutch and Chinese Business
  • The Economic Position of the Chinese under Scrutiny
  • A Wave of Failures: Surabaya in the Late 1890s
  • The Chinese Boycott of the HVA.
  • 5. The Road to Expansion (1910-1930)
  • The Late Colonial State: Consolidation and Conflict
  • The Colonial Economy before 1914: The HVA in Trade and Agriculture
  • The Lure of Sugar in Trade and Banking
  • De Javasche Bank and the Outbreak of the First World War
  • The Colonial Economy after 1914
  • The Kwik Hoo Tong Handelmaatschappij: A Prominent Chinese in Sugar
  • 6. Economic Crisis and Commercial Resilience (1930-1942)
  • The Economic Experience of the 1930s
  • The Incidence of Failure: Bankruptcy Cases and Business Fraud
  • Commercial Resilience and Crisis Management: Internatio and Margo-Redjo
  • 7. Conclusion
  • A Bird's-Eye View of Colonial Trade
  • Trade Dynamics
  • Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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