Commodities and colonialism : the story of big sugar in Indonesia, 1880-1942 /
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| Author / Creator: | Knight, G. R. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2013. |
| Description: | xi, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9124443 |
Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction: Java Sugar and the Age of Mass Production
- 1. A New Epoch: The Asian Connection
- 2. A Precocious Appetite: Fertilizer, Horticulture and Agro-Industry in the Field
- 3. Bureaucracy Versus Plantocracy: The Colonial State and 'Big Sugar'
- 4. No Business Like Sugar Business: From Profit to Investment
- 5. Enmeshed In Lilliput: Constraints on Growth
- 6. No Escape: The HVA and the Djatiroto Project
- 7. Making the Best of it: The Twenties and the Apogee of Big Sugar
- 8. 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
