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Author:   Ewout Frankema (Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University) ,  Frans Buelens
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138902299

ISBN 10:   1138902292
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   04 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Extractive Institutions in the Congo: Checks and Balances in the Longue Durée 2. Colonial Extraction in the Indonesian Archipelago: A Long Historical View 3. Varieties of Exploitation in Colonial Settings: Dutch and Belgian Policies in Indonesia and the Congo 4. The land tenure system in the Congo, 1885-1960: actors, motivations and consequences 5. In the shadow of opium: Tax farming and the political economy of colonial extraction in Java, 1807–1911 6. Fiscal Policy in the Belgian Congo in Comparative Perspective 7. Colonial Education and Postcolonial Governance in the Congo and Indonesia 8. (Un)freedom, Colonial Labor Relations in Belgian Congo and the Netherland Indies Compared 9. Rubber cultivation in Indonesia and the Congo from the 1910s to the 1950s: divergent paths 10. Manufacturing and foreign investment in colonial Indonesia 11. The Industrialization of the Belgian Congo 12. Mobutu, Suharto and the Challenges of Nation-Building and Economic Development (1965-97) Conclusion

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Ewout Frankema is Professor and Chair of Rural and Environmental History at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. Frans Buelens is a researcher at the Faculty of Applied Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium.

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