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Ohio Ris Southeast Asia Ser.: Being Dutch in the Indies : A History of Creolisation and Empire, 1500-1920 by Remco Raben and Ulbe Bosma (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOhio University Press
ISBN-100896802612
ISBN-139780896802612
eBay Product ID (ePID)64416137
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBeing Dutch in the Indies : a History of Creolisation and Empire, 1500-1920
Publication Year2008
SubjectAsia / Southeast Asia, Europe / Western, Europe / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorRemco Raben, Ulbe Bosma
SeriesOhio Ris Southeast Asia Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight23.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-314007
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Bosma and Raben successfully demonstrate how colonial society could not have functioned without the Indische community, which played key roles in all levels of colonial government, trade, and communication. The Europeans who were raised in the Indies were essential to Dutch colonialism: they provided the connection to the Native population that proved essential to colonial control."-- Ethnohistory, This is a book that will give pleasure to many readers, while correcting popular stereotypes and entrenched scholarly assumptions. It can be highly recommended to anyone interested in colonial social history, or wider questions of cultural exchange." — International History Review, Bosma and Raben successfully demonstrate how colonial society could not have functioned without the Indische community, which played key roles in all levels of colonial government, trade, and communication. The Europeans who were raised in the Indies were essential to Dutch colonialism: they provided the connection to the Native population that proved essential to colonial control." — Ethnohistory, In discussing this important yet underresearched topic, the authors draw heavily on material from Dutch and Indonesian archives, newspapers, and literary works, as well as genealogical studies that trace the fortunes and life histories of individual Indische families over several generations. This allows them to explore the outlook and perspectives of this layered community in vivid detail, as well as the types of engagements, boundaries, and stratifications that existed within their ever-shifting world." — Journal of Asian Studies, "In discussing this important yet underresearched topic, the authors draw heavily on material from Dutch and Indonesian archives, newspapers, and literary works, as well as genealogical studies that trace the fortunes and life histories of individual Indische families over several generations. This allows them to explore the outlook and perspectives of this layered community in vivid detail, as well as the types of engagements, boundaries, and stratifications that existed within their ever-shifting world."-- Journal of Asian Studies, Bosma and Raben successfully demonstrate how colonial society could not have functioned without the Indische community, which played key roles in all levels of colonial government, trade, and communication. The Europeans who were raised in the Indi|9780896802612|, This book embodies history writing at its empirical best.…Bosma and Raben's narrative, richly illustrated with historical detail and dozens of black and white prints and photographs, undermines the prevailing assumptions about the inevitability of white-skinned superiority and the universality of brown-skinned subservience. Instead, the authors emphasize that Dutch colonialism in Asia forged a thoroughly creolized community." — American Historical Review, "This book embodies history writing at its empirical best....Bosma and Raben's narrative, richly illustrated with historical detail and dozens of black and white prints and photographs, undermines the prevailing assumptions about the inevitability of white-skinned superiority and the universality of brown-skinned subservience. Instead, the authors emphasize that Dutch colonialism in Asia forged a thoroughly creolized community."-- American Historical Review, "This is a book that will give pleasure to many readers, while correcting popular stereotypes and entrenched scholarly assumptions. It can be highly recommended to anyone interested in colonial social history, or wider questions of cultural exchange."-- International History Review
Series Volume Number116
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal959.802
SynopsisBeing "Dutch" in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a "Creole empire.", International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) Book Prize Shortlist Social Sciences Being "Dutch" in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a "Creole empire." In telling the story of the Creole empire, the authors draw on government archives, newspapers, and literary works as well as genealogical studies that follow the fortunes of individual families over several generations. They also critically analyze theories relating to culturally and racially mixed communities. The picture of the Indies they develop shatters conventional understandings of colonial rule in Asia., Being "Dutch" in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a "Creole empire." The authors draw on government archives, newspapers, and literary works as well as genealogical studies that follow the fortunes of individual families over several generations., "Being "Dutch" in the Indies "portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a "Creole empire." In telling the story of the Creole empire, the authors draw on government archives, newspapers, and literary works as well as genealogical studies that follow the fortunes of individual families over several generations. They also critically analyze theories relating to culturally and racially mixed communities. The picture of the Indies they develop shatters conventional understandings of colonial rule in Asia.
LC Classification NumberDS643.B582 2008
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