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Sumatran sultanate and colonial state : Jambi and the rise of Dutch imperialism, 1830-1907 /
The first English translation of Professor Locher-Scholten's 1994 Dutch text, a study of the reaction to Dutch colonial expansion by the Sumatran sultanate of Jambi. The Dutch text has been called "an excellent teaching tool for work on the Netherlands imperial project " [Locher-Schol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Dutch |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Southeast Asia Program Publications, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University,
2003 [i.e. 2004]
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| Colección: | Studies on Southeast Asia ;
no. 37. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword to the English Edition; Preface; Chapter 1. Themes and Theories; Sources; Theories of Modern Imperialism; Modern Imperialism and the Netherlands; The Precolonial State in Southeast Asia; Native or Dutch Sovereignty; Chapter 2. Jambi and Batavia before 1830; The Geography of Jambi; Jambi before 1600; The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; A Poor Region and a Poor Prince; The European View; The Malay State; The Structure of the Jambian State; Governing a Diverse Population; European Images and Colonial Reality.
- Batavia and the Outer Islands from 1816 OnwardsBatavia and Jambi: Initial Contact; Piracy; Renewed Contact with Jambi; Johannes van den Bosch and Sumatra; Chapter 3. Contract and Sovereignty; Negotiations; Response in Batavia; Victors' Justice; Sovereignty Surrendered; Satisfaction in Batavia; Satisfaction in Jambi?; Sovereignty in Practice; Salt and Coins; Unrest in Jambi; Review and Conclusions; Chapter 4. International Interest in Jambi; Britain's Diplomatic Offensive; Minister Baud's Response; Baud's Policy on Sumatra; The Consequences for Jambi; Pirates on the Coast.
- The American Adventurer GibsonGuilty or Not Guilty; Consequences: Relations with the United States; Consequences: Jambi and the East Indies; Chapter 5. Preemption in Practice: The Struggle for Power in 1858; A New Sultan: Taha Safiuddin; Negotiation of a New Contract; Second Round; Third Phase and Military Expedition; Batavia's Sumatra Policy; The Hague and the Policy of Abstention; Chapter 6. Quests for Knowledge and Political Consequences: The 1860s and 1870s; Batavia's Goal: Restoring Confidence; The Jambian Response; The Arab Connection; Geography and Imperialism.
- Plans for a Scientific ExpeditionRepercussions in the East Indies; The Expedition; The Resident Takes Action; Policy in Batavia; A Military Expedition?; Repercussions in Jambi; Review and Conclusions; Chapter 7. Ritual Dances (1882-1895); Inaugural Ceremony and Ritual (1882); Contract; Renewed Efforts at Reconciliation; Internal Power Struggle in Jambi; Political Plans; Second Inaugural Ritual (1886); Meeting the Pangeran Ratu; Second Meeting; Review and Conclusions; Chapter 8. Oil: 1890-1900; New Policy on the Outer Islands; Jambi And the Profit-making Factor; Administrative Tangles.
- A New Adviser: Snouck HurgronjeThe Jambian Administration; Policy-making (or not) in The Hague; Mineral Extraction; Motives: Power, Profits, or Principles; Avoidance Behavior as a Deliberate Strategy; Chapter 9. State Formation and Guerrilla War (1901-1907); Military Expansion; Kerinci and the Other Dependent Regions; The Jambian Anak Raja; Abdullah Yusuf; Uniform Administration; The East Indies Context; Conclusion: Jambian Isolation and Dutch Imperialism; Taha's Policy; Dutch Imperialism; Fieldhouse's Model of Imperialism and Jambian History; Jambi and Dutch Policy on the Outer Islands.