Mobilizing Labour for the Global Coffee Market : Profits From an Unfree Work Regime in Colonial Java
by
Jan Breman
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Social Histories of Work in Asia
ISBN-10
1041182961
ISBN-13
9781041182962
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2025
Print length
404 Pages
Weight
750 grams
Product Classification:
Colonialism & imperialismColonialism and imperialism
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This book shows how the Dutch East India Company mobilised land and labour, why they turned to force cultivation, and what effects the brutal system they installed had on the economy and society.
Coffee has been grown on Java for the commercial market since the early eighteenth century, when the Dutch East India Company began buying from peasant producers in the Priangan highlands. What began as a commercial transaction, however, soon became a system of compulsory production. This book shows how the Dutch East India Company mobilised land and labour, why they turned to force cultivation, and what effects the brutal system they installed had on the economy and society.
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