Author: DEVENTER J.S.Z., S. VAN
Title: Bijdrage tot de kennis van het landelijk Stelsel op Java. Op last van Zijne Excellentie den Minister van Koloniën J.D. Franse van de Putte. WITH J.D. BOUDEWIJNSE, Alphabetisch Overzigt ...Bijdrage tot de nennis van het landelijkk stelsel op Java. [Eerste en enige druk; First and only edition].
Description: Zalt-Bommel,-'s-Gravenhage, Noman/Martinus Nijhoff, 1865-1866 &, 1868. 4 vols. Incl. Register volume). Large stout 8°., original calfbacked cloth, title in gilt on spines. Original printed wrappers (register). Hftitles (versos blank). (vii), 425; (xvi), 777; (x), 338; 124pp. Extensive footnotes and references, comparative tables in text, tables of contents. I: De wording van het stelsel; II: De werking van het Stelsel; III: De werking van het stelsel na 1836; IV: Alphabetisch Overzicht. Dutch language detailed scholarly investigation and assessment of the origin, implementation, development and present state of the so-called cultuurstelsel or cultivation system, as implemented by Dutch East Indies Government, the economic position of javanese peasants, the implementation of statuary labour, which includes an appreciation of Fraffles' Landrent system. Complete set WITH the Alphabetical register published in 1868. Rare. (spines skilfully restored, covers heavily spotted, register re-bound in modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound-up).

Keywords: cultuurstelsel cultivationsystem agriculture assessment origin history implementation investigation landrent peasants economy taxation production crops colonialism indonesia southeastasia nineteenthce