Author: PICCARDT, R.A.S.,
Title: De geschiedenis van het Cultuurstelsel in Nederlandsch-Indië. Orig. edn.
Description: Amsterdam-Deventer-Leiden, Fred. Muller/J.B. De Lange/W. Sijthoff, 1873. Small 8°. Orig. clothbacked marbled boards. Hftitle(verso blank). [3], 160pp. Orig. pink coloured endpapers preserved, list of printed sources consulted, table of contents. Published by command of the Amsterdam Association Maatschappij tot nut van 't algemeen, Informs the dutch general public on the history and benefits (to the motherland) of the so-called Cultuurstelsel or cultivation system, which is preceded by a history of indonesia under V.O.C. charter, under interim-rule during the Napoleonic wars (:) Lt. Governor Daendels, Lt. Governor Sir Stamford Raffles, incl. an explanation of Raffles' land-rent system; indonesia under dutch colonial rule. (binding shawed, ex-lib. stamp on recte of hftitle, another stamp on ti.-p., contents good).

Keywords: history v.o.c. east india company raffles land rent system cultuurstelsel information commerce politics colonialism indonesia southeast asia 19thc