| Mobilizing Labour for the Global Coffee Market: Profits from an Unfree Work Regime in Colonial Java Contributor(s): Breman, Jan (Author) |
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ISBN: 9089648593 ISBN-13: 9789089648594 Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2015 Click for more in this series: Amsterdam University Press - Social Histories of Work in Asi |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Asian - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Dewey: 959.802 |
| Series: Amsterdam University Press - Social Histories of Work in Asi |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" L (1.75 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Features: Bibliography |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Coffee has been grown on Java for the commercial market since the early eighteenth century, when the Dutch East India Company began buying from peasant producers in the Priangan highlands. What began as a commercial transaction, however, soon became a system of compulsory production. This book shows how the Dutch East India Company mobilised land and labour, why they turned to force cultivation, and what effects the brutal system they installed had on the economy and society. |
Contributor Bio(s): Breman, Jan: - Jan Breman is emeritus professor of comparative sociology at the University of Amsterdam. |
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