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Indonesian Economic Decolonization in Regional and International Perspective

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This collection of essays provides insights into the complex process of economic decolonization in Indonesia from a variety of perspectives. Emancipation from Dutch colonialism in the economic sphere is linked to unique features of the new nation-state as it emerged in independent Indonesia. This included a key role in business for the military. Another key part was played by indigenous Indonesian business firms that were shaped by the Japanese occupation and the Indonesian Revolution.rnrnThe analysis embraces two types of comparisons. Different experiences of economic decolonization across regions are illustrated by events unfolding in the agricultural estate areas of Deli in North Sumatra and Jember in East Java. Here the focus is on confrontations between private Dutch capital and Indonesia labour unions. In addition, the overall experience of Indonesia is assessed in the light of similar processes at work in the other former European colonies in Asia, in particular neighbouring Malaysia. This international comparison shows how dramatic and difficult economic decolonization was an also how profound its consequences were.rnrnThe eight essays in this volume draw on a wide range of primary source materials consulted in Dutch and Indonesian archives. They present detailed evidence of what economic decolonization entailed, especially during the transfer of sovereignty in 1949 and the nationalization of Dutch companies in 1959. The volume contains essays by specialists from Indonesia, the Netherlands and Australia: Tri Chandra Apriyanto, Anne Booth, Jasper van de Kerkhof, J. Thomas Lindblad (editor), Daan Marks, Peter Post (editor), Bambang Purwanto, and Thee Kian Wie.

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330.959 Lin i

Publisher

Leiden : KITLV Press., 2009

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ix + 212 hlm.; stats.; 14 x 20 cm

Language

English

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978-90-6718-353-6

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330.959

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Economic History
dekolonisasi

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J. Thomas Lindblad & Peter Post (ed.)

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