TY  - BOOK
AU  - Claver,Alexander
TI  - Dutch commerce and Chinese merchants in Java: colonial relationships in trade and finance, 1800-1942 
T2  - Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land en Volkenkunde,
SN  - 9789004263239
AV  - HF3809.J4 C55 2014
U1  - 330.9598/2022 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Dutch
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Java
KW  - History
KW  - Chinese
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Java (Indonesia)
KW  - Commerce
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Asia
KW  - Foreign economic relations
KW  - China
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-429) and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Prelude to Rapid Expansion (1800-1884) -- Crisis and Adaptation (1884-1890s) -- Redefining Dutch-Chinese Commercial Relations (1890s-1910) -- The Road to Expansion (1910-1930) -- Economic Crisis and Commercial Resilience (1930-1942) -- Conclusion -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - Trading enterprise figures prominently in Indonesian history. Commercial activities penetrated deep into the economy, politics and society of the former Netherlands Indies. Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes this, largely forgotten, world of commerce. During the period 1800-1942 this vanished world was, however, bustling. Merchants of very different background and stature cooperated and competed with each other. Trading relations were forged and dissolved, contracts were honoured and broken, fortunes were made and lost. Using unpublished archival sources in Indonesia and the Netherlands Alexander Claver recounts the diverse trading mechanisms, complex credit relations and countless participants involved. How Dutch, Chinese, and Arab traders related to each other in such demanding business environment is the fascinating story of this book. Full text (Open Access)
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004263239
ER  -