Sumatran Sultanate And Colonial State Jambi And The Rise Of Dutch Imperialism 1830 1907

Download or read book Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State written by Elsbeth Locher-Scholten and published by SEAP Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword to the English Edition; Preface; Chapter 1. Themes and Theories; Sources; Theories of Modern Imperialism; Modern Imperialism and the Netherlands; The Precolonial State in Southeast Asia; Native or Dutch Sovereignty; Chapter 2. Jambi and Batavia before 1830; The Geography of Jambi; Jambi before 1600; The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; A Poor Region and a Poor Prince; The European View; The Malay State; The Structure of the Jambian State; Governing a Diverse Population; European Images and Colonial Reality.