A Critical Survey of Studies on Dutch Colonial History. By W. Ph. Coolhaas. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960, viii, 154. 12 Dutch guilders.

1961 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-100
Author(s):  
John Bastin
Keyword(s):  
Critical Survey ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Dutch Colonial

scholarly journals De postkoloniale geschiedenis in polyfonie

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 159-164
Author(s):  
Judyta Kuznik
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Dutch Colonial

This article focuses on the book Het andere postkoloniale oog, edited by Michiel van Kempen and published in 2020 by the publishing house Verloren. This book had the goal to present never before mentioned aspects of the colonial history of the Netherlands and its influence on cultural practices of the colonised cultures within the last four centuries. Because of the numerous contributions amassed there, the article discusses in depth only a few. These contributions distinguished themselves either through an original academic approach to the topic or the positioning with regard to postcolonial theories usage. The first part of this book involves the need for the re-evaluation of the Dutch colonial history in many parts of the world, to name Suriname as an example. This re-evaluation is highly relevant, as is comes in a time when recent social movements push the mostly unknown parts of the Dutch colonial history into the spotlight. In the second part, this is followed by an attempt to answer the question whether postcolonial theories are essential for the writing bound to the colonial history of the Dutch. As is shown by some contributions, postcolonial theories can stimulate new discussions, especially in cases which do not fit the existing theoretical schemes. And yet, it seems that they are not crucial in discussions about the influence between colonised cultures, though their use might prove fruitful. The article closes with an evaluation of the analysed texts.

New Publications in 1998

Itinerario ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-121
Author(s):  
Jaap de Moor
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
East India Company ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Dutch East India Company ◽  
Economic Expansion ◽  
Indonesian Archipelago ◽  
History Of ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
Dutch Colonial

The year 1998 saw the publication of a new and impressive handbook on the history of Dutch economic expansion and political domination in Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago in particular: J.J.P. de Jong's De waaier van het fortuin (The fan of fortune). Its almost seven hundred pages are packed with information about the Dutch in the Indonesian archipelago in the period between 1595, when the first Dutch ships departed for Asia, and 1950, when the Dutch colonial presence in Indonesia (with the exception of Dutch New Guinea) came to an end. De Jong, an official at the Dutch ministry of Foreign Affairs, who obtained his doctorate with a thesis on the Indonesian decolonisation in 1988, has undoubtedly delivered his magnum opus with this new study. The book does not only tell the story of the Dutch expansion in Indonesia, it also gives a number of new or partly new interpretations of Dutch colonial history in the archipelago. It is divided into five parts: I: The Era of the Dutch East India Company; II: ‘Plantation Java’; III: The Era of Changes, 1870–1918; IV: The Modern Colony, 1918–1942; and V: ‘Denouement’, 1942–1950.

scholarly journals PERKERETAAPIAN MASA KOLONIAL BELANDA DI WILAYAH INDRAMAYU: PEMETAAN JALUR DAN BUKTI TINGGALAN ARKEOLOGIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Revi Mainaki ◽  
Iwan Hermawan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Exploration And Exploitation ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
Colonial Government ◽  
Dutch Colonial

The development of railways in Indonesia is related to the exploration and exploitation of the Dutch Colonial Government. This mode of transportation is used for the transport of agricultural commodities so that a compilation of enforced planting politics is enforced. Indramayu is one of the areas on the island of North Java which is traversed by the construction of this route, so it has archaeological remains, everything related to trains or is called railways. This remains a fact and basis in colonial history. The difficulty of preserving the railroad relics in the Indramayu Region is difficult to find and approve. Through qualitative and exploratory methods, this study further discusses railways that have archaeological values on the track built by the Dutch colonial government, namely (1) the non-active Jatibarang - Indramayu railway line; (2) Jatibarang - Karangampel non-active train line; (3) Haurgeulis - Arjawinangun Lane which is an active route at this time. Data collected through literature studies, documentation studies, observations collected by interviews. The results showed some relics in this region which are found in several districts namely Jatibarang, Karangampel, Haurgeulis Districts and along the Jatibarang-Indramayu, Jatibarang-Karangampel and Jatibarang-Arjawinangun subdistricts. Also around the former station Kadokangabus Station, Terisi and Telagasari. Besides that, it was located in the center of Cimanuk economic activity during the colonial period. Perkembangan kereta api di Indonesia, terkait dengan eksplorasi dan eksploitasi Pemerintah Kolonial Belanda. Mode transportasi ini digunakan untuk pengangkutan komoditas pertanian, sehingga menguat ketika diberlakukannya politik tanam paksa. Indramayu adalah salah satu wilayah di Utara Pulau Jawa yang dilalui oleh pembangunan jalur ini, sehingga memiliki tinggalan arkeologis, segala sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan kereta api atau disebut dengan perkretaapian. Tinggalan tersebut menjadi fakta dan dasar dalam mengidentifikasi sejarah masa kolonial. Kurangnya kesadaran pelestarian tinggalan perkretaapian di Wilayah Indramayu, membuatnya sulit dicari dan di identifikasi. Melalui pendekatan kualitatif dan metode eksploratif, penelitian ini mengidentifikasi tinggalan perkeretaapian yang memiliki nilai arkeologis di jalur yang dibangun pemerintah kolonial belanda yakni jalur (1) Jalur kereta api non aktif Jatibarang – Indramayu; (2) Jalur kereta api non aktif Jatibarang – Karangampel; (3) Jalur Haurgeulis – Arjawinangun yang merupakan jalur aktif saat ini. Data dikumpulkan melalui studi literatur, studi dokumentasi, observasi yang diperkuat oleh wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukan beberapa peninggalan di wilayah ini yang terdapat di beberapa kecamatan yakni Kecamatan Jatibarang, Karangampel, Haurgeulis serta di sepanjang jalur penelusuran Jatibarang-Indramayu, Jatibarang-Karangampel dan Jatibarang-Arjawinangun. Juga di sekitar bekas stasiun Stasiun Kadokangabus, Terisi dan Telagasari. Selain itu terdapat tinggalan di pusat aktivitas ekonomi Cimanuk pada masa kolonial.

scholarly journals POS INTAI BELANDA BUKIT VAN DERING SERUKAM SEBAGAI KAWASAN PARIWISATA SEJARAH DI BUMI SEBALO [DUTCH FORTRESS VAN DERING HILLS AS A HISTORICAL TOURISM AREA IN BUMI SEBALO]

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-142
Author(s):  
Sabinus Beni ◽  
Blasius Manggu ◽  
Yosua Damas Sadewo ◽  
Tomas Aquino
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Natural Beauty ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Dutch Colonial

Penelitian dilakukan di Dusun Serukam, Desa Pasti Jaya, Kecamatan Samalantan, Kabupaten Bengkayang, Provinsi Kalimantan Barat, yaitu di lokasi Pos Intai Belanda Bukit Van Dering. Keberadaan pos intai tersebut masih belum diketahui secara luas oleh masyarakat baik yang berada di sekitar Kabupaten Bengkayang maupun di luar daerah Kabupaten Bengkayang. Saat ini, kondisi bangunan pos intai cukup memprihatinkan dan terkesan dilupakan keberadaannya baik oleh masyarakat mapun pemerintah setempat. Tujuan penelitian untuk memahami rencana pemugaran kawasan Pos Intai Belanda Bukit Van Dering di Serukam sebagai kawasan pariwisata peninggalan sejarah kolonial Belanda di Bumi Sebalo Bengkayang. Metode penelitian bersifat kualitatif dengan melakukan wawancara mendalam terkait Pos Intai Belanda terhadap narasumber yang dapat dipercaya serta ditunjang dengan data dari dinas terkait. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan belum adanya perhatian pemerintah dalam menginventarisasi dan merevitalisasi peninggalan sejarah Pos Intai Belanda di Bukit Van Dering Serukam serta belum ada upaya untuk memperkenalkan kawasan pariwisata sejarah Pos Intai Bukit Van Dering. Lokasi Pos Intai tersebut berada pada kawasan Bukit Van Dering dengan keindahan alam sangat alami dan lestari yang cukup potensial untuk dikembangkan menjadi sebuah kawasan pariwisata khas Kabupaten Bengkayang tetapi belum tersentuh oleh pembangunan pariwisata. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa harus ada kerjasama dengan pelibatan setiap unsur pemangku kepentingan dalam upaya merevitalisasi situs Pos Intai Van Dering, serta dapat memanfaatkannya sebagai sumberdaya pariwisata dan materi pembelajaran muatan lokal di Kabupaten Bengkayang.The research was conducted in Dusun Serukam, Desa Pasti Jaya, Kecamatan Samalantan, Kabupaten Bengkayang in the Province of West Kalimantan, which was at the location of the Dutch Lookout Post of Bukit Van Dering. Not many people, either in or outside Bengkayang, know about the existence of this lookout post. Presently, the condition of the construction of the lookout post is devastating and seems to have been forgotten by the community and the local government. The objective of this study was to determine the plan to restore the area of the Dutch Lookout Post of Bukit Van Dering in Serukam as a tourism area of the Dutch colonial history and heritage of Bumi Sebalo in Bengkayang. This research used a qualitative method and carried out by in-depth interviews related to the Dutch Lookout Post and supported by data obtained from relevant agencies. The results suggest that the government has not conducted inventory and revitalization of the Dutch Lookout Post of Bukit Van Dering in Serukam. There has not been attempt also to introduce this historical tourism area. The lookout post was built on Bukit Van Dering surrounded by natural beauty and potential for the development of a tourism area.

Purse or Principle: Dutch Colonial Policy in the 1860s and the Decline of the Cultivation System

1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Fasseur
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Doctoral Dissertation ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Cultivation System ◽  
Annual Series ◽  
Colonial Policy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Main Flaw ◽  
Dutch Colonial

In 1976 I published an article in the Acta Historiae Neerlandicae (an annual series of publications in English on the history of The Netherlands, alas abruptly discontinued in 1982 for financial reasons) in which I tried to summarize the main causes of the decline of the cultivation system in Java (Fasseur, 1976, 143–62). Being then a young and ambitious historian with little respect for the big names in the field of Indonesian sciences, I stated that the literature on the cultivation system contained many misunderstandings as to the origins of the ‘decay’ of the system. In this connection I mentioned in particular Wertheim's well-known study on Indonesian Society in Transition and Clifford Geertz's stimulating essay on Agricultural Involution (1963). Although this latter book is certainly not without its shortcomings, it has greatly obliged all historians by reviving the interest in the role played by the cultivation system in the development of Java during the last century and a half. The period of the cultivation system, in the words of Geertz, was ‘the classic stage’ of colonial history, ‘the most decisive of the Dutch era’. Although I did not realize that fully in 1975, it was thus an opportune moment to publish, twelve years after Geertz's provocative study, a doctoral dissertation on the history of the system. The main flaw of Geertz's work was its weak historical component. The only ‘historical’ data Agricultural Involution provided, were borrowed from an agricultural atlas ofJava published in 1926.

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