Opium to Java. Revenue Farming and Chinese Entrepreise in Colonial Indonesia 1860-1910. [First edition].

RUSH, James R.,

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Ithaca and London, Cornell University Press, 1990. Original cloth, gilded title label, dustjacket. 280pp. Some black/white facsim. illustrations in text, of which some portraits, sketch maps in text and full page, lists of maps, illustrations and abbreviations used, glossary and opium weights, bibliography, index, table of contents. English language assessment of Dutch Government Opium Regie (Monopoly) in the Dutch East Indies focused on Java 1860-1910, e.g. Opium Farms and farming, imports, Farm Chinese: the "Cabang Atas", Black Market, smuggling and trafficking, question of perfect vice tax, channeling influence: Chinese, Prijayi and dutch, the Opium Czar: Charles TeMechelen, ethic politics and Java, profits. Very fine copy, WITH dustjacket. (present to prevous owner, some signatures on f.e.p., NOT disturbing however).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Opium to Java. Revenue Farming and Chinese Entrepreise in Colonial Indonesia 1860-1910. [First edition].
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included