Chinese Indentured Labour in the Dutch East Indies, 1880-1942: Tin, Tobacco, Timber, and the Penal Sanction

by Gregor Benton

This book offers a comprehensive account of indentured Chinese labour in the Dutch East Indies between 1880 and 1942, particularly in its twilight years after 1917. The author shows that Chinese indenture started and evolved differently from other forms of bonded labour in Southeast Asia and globally, including its Indian and Javanese variants. This difference is reflected in its lexicon, which was in part special to the Chinese strain. Using fieldwork...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031050231
• ISBN13: 9783031050237
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 611 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"