‘This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.’ —Ann

Woman and the Colonial State deals with the ambiguous relationship between women of both the European and the Indonesian population and the colonial state in th

"Ren van Landsberg stood alone on the deck of the steamer ...there could be no turning back to Europe now. This was Java--the end of his journey--and he was a l

In seeking to provoke debate, the book reveals the variety of experiences evident in countries and regions marked by capitalist and (post) socialist regulatory

Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes the vanished commercial world of colonial Java. Alexander Claver shows the challenges of a demanding busi