Java, or How to Manage a Colony, Vol. 1 of 2: Showing a Practical Solution of the Questions Now Affecting British India (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

James William Bayley Money

9780265168998: Java, or How to Manage a Colony, Vol. 1 of 2: Showing a Practical Solution of the Questions Now Affecting British India (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0265168996 ISBN 13: 9780265168998

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

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This book analyzes how Java’s culture system reshaped economy, governance, and daily life under Dutch rule.

It shows what a reform movement achieved and where tensions remained for Europeans and natives alike.

The author frames the aftershocks of Britain’s and India’s governance debates by examining Java’s reforms. Focusing on the culture system introduced by General Van den Bosch, it explains how revenue, crime, and peasant welfare changed over 25 years. The volume compares old and new methods, and discusses the practical outcomes for trade, land use, and administration. It also highlights the broader lesson the author believes Java offers for English statesmen considering India’s future.
What you will experience

An accessible look at how village labor, plantation management, and state contracts worked in practice.
Concrete examples of profits, taxes, and public works that followed the reform.
A comparison of coffee and other crops under different management, and the role of roads, stores, and supervision.
A discussion of the political and social dynamics between European officials and native communities.

Ideal for readers of colonial history, economic reform, and the governance of large empires.

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