This is a study of the plantation system on the East Coast of Sumatra, a Dutch colony, from the early 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The Rhemrev Report, which exposed the scandalous state of affairs on the plantations, is here placed in its historical and social context.
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978-0-19-562365-9 (9780195623659)
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The making of scandal; The emergence of plantation society: The opening-up of the land; The seizure of land; Labour bondage; Planter hegemony; The colonial state and the labour system; Expansion; The search for labour; Plantation profits; The plantation industry as a mode of capitalist production: The European management; The Asian foreman; The workforce; The organization of work; Wage formation; Payments and deductions; Working conditions: Food and health care; 'Rest and recreation'; Termination and renewal of the labour contract; Labour control and resistance: Bondage; Conditioning of the plantation coolies; The rule of the planters; Workers' agitation; Individual forms of coolie resistance; Punishment; Plantation society and the colonial order: Plantation and frontier society; The plantocracy; Racism; A climate of violence; A negligent government; The use of violence and labour control; The coolie question: Publicity and public opinion; Administrative and judicial investigation; The colonial government in inertia; Political discussion in the Netherlands; The ministry; Impact; Restauration: Appraisal of the reforms; Looking back; Restoring the alliance between the planters and the government.
