The contributions to this volume stem from papers delivered at the international workshop “Man and Environment in Indonesia, 1500-1950,” held in June 1996 at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV) in Leiden. Scholars of geography, history, development, and anthropology explore the natural background against which Indonesian society came into being, …
By the dawn of the 19th century, the Netherlands had established colonies and trading posts across Asia and the rest of the world, linking them directly to international networks of intellectual exchange and production. Drawing on extensive new research, and bringing much new scholarship before English readers for the first time, this wide-ranging volume examines how knowledge was created and c…
Para "ahli Jawa" tidak berusaha memberikan suatu penjelasan yang koheren tentang tingkat pertumbuhan penduduk yang sangat tinggi, dan para ahli demografi pada umumnya terpukau dengan angka-angka jumlah penduduk yang mereka miliki, serta tidak berusaha memberi suatu uraian menyeluruh mengenai perkembangan sosial dan ekonomi".rnrnKritik itu disampaikan Boomgaard yang berpendapat bahwa suatu penel…