Chinese indentured labour in the Dutch East Indies, 1880-1942 : tin, tobacco, timber, and the penal sanction / Gregor Benton.
Benton, Gregor, author.
2022
HD4875.I5
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Title Chinese indentured labour in the Dutch East Indies, 1880-1942 : tin, tobacco, timber, and the penal sanction / Gregor Benton.
Author Benton, Gregor, author.
ISBN 9783031050244 (electronic bk.)
303105024X (electronic bk.)
3031050231
9783031050237
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05024-4
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxii, 611 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-05024-4 doi
Call Number HD4875.I5
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.3/630959809034
Summary This book offers a comprehensive account of indentured Chinese labour in the Dutch East Indies between 1880 and 1942, particularly in its twilight years after 1917. The author shows that Chinese indenture started and evolved differently from other forms of bonded labour in Southeast Asia and globally, including its Indian and Javanese variants. This difference is reflected in its lexicon, which was in part special to the Chinese strain. Using fieldwork findings from the tin islands of Bangka and Belitung and the Deli plantations on Sumatra as well as archival materials in Dutch, Chinese, and other languages held in libraries in Java, Nanjing, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Leiden, this book presents cutting-edge research that sets out to contribute to the revising of our historical understanding of indenture.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 5, 2022).
Series Palgrave Macmillan transnational history series. 2634-6281
Available in Other Form Chinese indentured labour in the Dutch East Indies, 1880-1942.
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1. Introduction
2. The Setting
3. Indenture in Three Keys: Chinese, Indian, and Javanese
4. The Penal Sanction
5. Recruitment
6. Huagong Life and Labour Under the "Coolie System".

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