Author: LAMERS, G.M.P.,
Title: 'En dat alles om ons de geurige thee te bereiden.' [L. Couperus, Oostwaarts]. Arbeid op theeplantages in West-Java. Orig. edn.
Description: Nijmegen, the author, 1991. sm. folio. orig. wraps, illustr. on front wrap., with clothbacked protective clear-view plastic dustjacket. 102pp. Ills. on page 32 to 38, plan of the [tea] estate Soekamadjoe (Java) with legenda, many tables and graphs in text and full-p., some architectural diagrams of coolie-housing, full-p. sketch-map of West-Java with legenda (administrative and geographical review), notes to chapters at end, bibliogr. (printed sources and archivalia), glossary low-malay/dutch at very end. Doctoral essay, Nijmegen University, describing and analysing the tea-production in West-Java, incl. Preanger regency, labour conditions, incl. housing and general care, of the native estate-workers, the socio-economic impact of tea-cultivation on local communities and population,&c. Good copy.

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