Author: DOLK, L. (ED.),
Title: Atjeh. De verbeelding van een koloniale oorlog. Orig. edn.
Description: Amsterdam, Bert Bakker, 2001. sm.8°. Orig. pict. col. limp wraps. 231pp. Many text-ills, incl. some portrs. and facsims. after original documents, music-scores in text, footnotes to chapters at end, note on spelling of the acehnese language and names, bibliogr., concise biogr. notes on contributors, register. A collection of tog. 10 essays on the longest and biggest colonial war the dutch ever conducted, the war against Atjeh or Aceh, fetching over 100.000 casualties, as seen by modern dutch scientists as Peter van Zonneveld, Gerard Termorshuizen, Bert Paasman, Karel Steenebrink, Martin Bossenbroek. A number of various aspects of this war is analyzed, e.g. the Aceh war in the colonial Press, the war in songs and brassband compositions, the war in political caricature, the Van Heutsz myth, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, the war in the novels of Székely-Lulofs, the war in magazines, &c. Very fine copy.

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