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Author Claver, Alexander.

Title Dutch commerce and Chinese merchants in Java : colonial relationships in trade and finance, 1800-1942 / by Alexander Claver.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 442 pages ).
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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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references(pages 405-429) and index.
Contents Glossary -- 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 -- Private enterprise under the cultivation system -- Tilting the balance : finance in transition -- Wholesalers and retailers -- 3. Crisis and adaptation (1884-1890s) -- Economic policy and political expansion -- The organization of trade -- The onset of the crisis : sugar and coffee -- The beginning of the crisis -- The crisis experienced -- The crisis prolonged : import and credit -- 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 boycot of the Handelsvereeniging Amsterdam -- 5. The road to expansion (1910-1930) -- The late colonial state : consolidation and conflict -- The colonial economy before 1914 -- The lure of sugar -- DJ B 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 in the 1920s and 1930s -- Commercial resilience : two examples of crisis management in the 1930s -- 7. Conclusion -- A bird's-eye view of colonial trade -- Trade dynamics.
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Summary Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes the vanished commercial world of colonial Java. Alexander Claver shows the challenges of a demanding business environment by highlighting trade and finance mechanisms, and the relationships between the participants involved.
Language Text in English.
Subject Chinese -- Indonesia -- Java -- History.
Dutch -- Indonesia -- Java -- History.
Merchants -- Indonesia -- Java -- History.
China -- Commerce -- History.
China -- Foreign economic relations -- Netherlands.
Java (Indonesia) -- Commerce -- History -- 19th century.
Java (Indonesia) -- Commerce -- History -- 20th century.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- Economic conditions.
Netherlands -- Commerce -- History.
Netherlands -- Foreign economic relations -- China.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- Economic conditions.
Néerlandais -- Indonésie -- Java -- Histoire.
Java (Indonésie) -- Commerce -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Java (Indonésie) -- Commerce -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
Pays-Bas -- Commerce -- Histoire.
Chinois -- Indonésie -- Java -- Histoire.
Commerçants -- Indonésie -- Java -- Histoire.
Pays-Bas -- Colonies -- Conditions économiques.
Pays-Bas -- Relations économiques extérieures -- Chine.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Chinese
Commerce
Dutch
Economic history
International economic relations
Merchants
Netherlandish colonies
Asia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxMpyjKQ9Jtm3jkjPBgKd
China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
Indonesia -- Java https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCHqWPF3pdtjwvKRw6Kd
Netherlands https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJk4D96j3YTHJQfHCV3vpP
Kolonie
Welthandel
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Asien
China
Java
Niederlande
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History
Other Form: Print version: Dutch commerce and Chinese merchants in Java Leiden ; Brill, 2014. 9789004256576 (DLC) 2013040518
ISBN 9789004263239 e-book
9004263233
9004256571 hardback : acid-free paper
9789004256576 hardback : acid-free paper
Standard No. 10.1163/9789004263239 doi
AU@ 000054953334
AU@ 000066529406
AU@ 000069201370
DEBBG BV044071112
DEBSZ 431809194
NLGGC 382586255
NZ1 15566649

 
    
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