Mobilizing Labour for the Global Coffee Market Profits from an Unfree Work Regime in Colonial Java
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Amsterdam University Press
2015
Routledge Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Social histories of work in Asia |
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| ISBN: | 9089648593, 9789089648594, 9048527147, 9789048527144, 1041182961, 9781041182962, 1040776485, 100369991X, 9781040789476, 9781003699910, 1040789471, 9781040776483 |
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Table of Contents:
- Mobilizing labour for the global coffee market: profits from an unfree work regime in colonial java -- Table of contents -- Prologue: The need for forced labour -- I. The company as a territorial power -- II. The introduction of forced cultivation -- III. From trading company to state enterprise -- IV. Government regulated exploitation versus private agribusiness -- V. Unfree labour as a condition for progress -- VI. The coffee regime under the cultivation system -- VII. Winding up the Priangan system of governance -- VIII. Eclipse of the coffee regime from the Sunda highlands -- Epilogue: Servitude as the road to progress -- Glossary -- List of abbreviations -- List of illustrations -- Archival sources -- Index of names.
- Front Matter Table of Contents Prologue: I: The company as a territorial power II: The introduction of forced cultivation III: From trading company to state enterprise [Illustrations] IV: Government regulated exploitation versus private agribusiness V: Unfree labour as a condition for progress VI: The coffee regime under the cultivation system VII: Winding up the Priangan system of governance VIII: Eclipse of the coffee regime from the Sunda highlands Epilogue: Glossary List of abbreviations List of illustrations Archival sources Index of names
- Indispensability of the Chiefs, for the Time Being -- The Priangan Variant as a 'Colonial Constant' -- Spreading Benevolence at Home and on Java -- VI: The Coffee Regime under the Cultivation System -- A New Surge in the Colonial Tribute -- Coffee and More -- More and More Coffee -- Approaching the Workfloor -- The Happiness of the Innocent -- Stagnation -- Crisis -- Non-compliance -- VII: Winding up the Priangan System of Governance -- 'A System that is Arbitrary, Repressive and Secretive' -- Taxation, Resistance and Retribution -- Cultivating Coffee and Growing Food -- The Welfare of the People -- Good Governance -- From Protectors to Exploiters -- The Reform Operation -- Release from Servitude -- VIII: Eclipse of the Coffee Regime from the Sunda Highlands -- The Dilemmas of Political Expediency -- A turn for the Better? -- Impact of the Reforms on the Peasantry -- Establishment of the Village System -- Shifting the onus of Servitude -- The Contours of a new Economic Policy -- The Agrarian Underclasses -- Epilogue: Servitude as the Road to Progress -- Glossary -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Archival Sources -- Index of Names
- Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Endorsements Page -- Table of Contents -- Prologue: The Need for Forced Labour -- I: The Company as a Territorial Power -- Intrusion into the Hinterland -- Retreat of Princely Authority -- Territorial Demarcation and Hierarchical Structuring -- The Priangan Highlands as a Frontier -- Clearing the Land for Cultivation -- The Composite Peasant Household -- Higher and Lower-ranking Chiefs -- Rendering Servitude -- Peasants and their Lords in the Early-colonial Era -- II: The Introduction of Forced Cultivation -- A Colonial Mode of Production -- From Free Trade to Forced Delivery -- The Start of Coffee Cultivation -- Increasing the Tribute -- Coercion and Desertion -- Indigenous Management -- Under the Company's Control -- Tardy Population Growth -- Tackling 'Cultivation Delinquency' -- III: From Trading Company to State Enterprise -- Clashing Interests -- Failing Management -- After the Fall of the VOC -- A Conservative Reformer -- Strengthening the Government Apparatus -- Social Restructuring -- Stepping up Corvee Services -- Sealing off the Priangan -- The Land Rent System -- IV: Government Regulated Exploitation Versus Private Agribusiness -- Discovery of the Village System -- Land Sale -- In Search of a New Policy -- The Deregulation of Coffee Cultivation, Except in the Priangan -- Patching up Leakage and other Irregularities -- Increasing Leverage for Private Estates -- The Downfall of the Free Enterprise Lobby -- The Policy Dispute Continues -- Political Turmoil at Home -- V: Unfree Labour as a Condition for Progress -- Shifting Coffee Cultivation to Gardens -- Mobilizing Labour -- Expansion of Forced Labour -- Beyond the Reach of the Government -- The Obligation to Perform Coolie Labour and the Need for Tight Surveillance -- In Search of the Hidden Labour Reserve