Author: VOLKER, T.,
Title: Van Oerbosch tot Cultuurgebied. Een Schets van de beteekenis van de Tabak, de andere cultures en de Industrie ter Oostkust van Sumatra. [Eerste, enige druk; First and only edition].
Description: [Medan], De Deli Planters Vereeniging, 1928. Large 8°. Original marbled publ. boards with covertitle in white type. 215pp. Numerous captioned monochrome illustrations on many photo-plates, featuring groups of Labour force (chinese and javanese contract coolies), many topographic views of sheds or Hongs(housing on behalf of coolies), public buildings and homes for directors, medics and european emplyees, incl. hospitals, connecting estate roads and factories, etc. 4 extending comparative tables featuring numbers of coolies engaged, in quarantine after arrival from Java and China, admitted to hospital and sentenced coolies by the socalled Poenale Sanctie, 1 fold. map illustrating the total Tobacco acreage of Deli, 1 general sketchmap of East Coast Sumatra, occasional printed marginalia, extensive footnotes, references, errata-slip blund-up, table of contents. Dutch language report, published by the Deli Planters Association at Medan, by which the stunning development of Deli, Eastcoast Suimatra, agricultural development is given, in particular about the tobacco industry, which includes however extensive inforation about contract labour by Javanese and Chinese coolies is supplied and listed in tables and graphs with information about quarantine upon arrival, sickness and health, low key medicare and hospitals, labour pressure, de;orable housing of coolies, and i.a. physical abuse of coolies, corporal publishment which is generaly not made public at the tima and nowadays. Very good copy printed on fine art paper. A much underestimated sources of information about contract labour in Deli. Very good copy.

Keywords: agriculture labourconditions healthcare medicare coolies javanese chinese tobacco estates development deli eastcoast sumatra economy poenalesanctie misuse mistreatment brutality colonialism indonesia