Author: VEUR, Paul W. van der
Title: The Lion and the Gadfly. Dutch colonialism and the spirit of E.F.E. Douwes Dekker.
Description: Leiden, KITLV Press, 2006. 24.5 x 16.5 cm. xxx,858 pp. Hardcover. lllustrated in b/w. - Series: Verhandelingen KITLV 228. - This political biography reveals the turbulent life of Ernest Francois Eugene Douwes Dekker, son of a Dutch father and a German-Javanese mother, born on Java in 1879. Vignettes flow in novel-like fashion from the battle fields of South Africa and internment camp in Sri Lanka to a career in journalism in Java. Radical thoughts then enter Douwes Dekker's mind, such as demands for racial equality and national independence [...] [Flap]. - Fine copy

Keywords: 9789067182423


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