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Routledge
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Routledge
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Routledge
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This book presents a case study of Europe's impact on an old and distinctive non-European civilisation. Part One deals with the elements in Europe's strength, technological, political and intellectual. It also uses Wallerstein's world-systems perspective to give an economic dimension to this picture of the new world of Europe, and then looks at the important question of the changing place of the... Read more
Introduction; Part 1 Historical Setting; Chapter 1 The rise of modern Europe and the Javanese experience; Part 2 The Javanese Ancien Régime; Chapter 2 Twilight of the old courts; Chapter 3 The socialisation of the people; Part 3 The Cancer Within; Chapter 4 Traditional or modern? Rational-bureaucratic feudalism à la VOC; Chapter 5 Aristocracy and peasantry in the tides of world capitalism; Part 4 Intellectual Transformations; Chapter 6 New ways of seeing; Conclusion;
Biography
Ann Kumar
'A nuanced exploration of the intricacies of European Javanese interaction, and an insightful and thought-provoking analysis of the ambiguous implications and legacy of that interaction for Java and, more broadly, for Indonesia. This is an important book which raises big and significant issues of great relevance to Java and Indonesia today.' - Robert Elson, Asian Studies Review
