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Tetteroo, Sander (2014)

Famine in the Netherlands East Indies, c. 1900-1904

Research master thesis | History: Societies and Institutions (research) (MA)

This thesis describes and analyzes the famine that occurred in the Netherlands East Indies, c. 1900-1904. The famine affected Java and parts of the Outer Islands. It details (the principles behind) the relief efforts of the Dutch colonial government. It also analyzes how the colonial government used the famine to accumulate knowledge on the subject, while politically representing and justifying its response. The thesis argues that famines and food shortages are integral to understanding the colonial state and colonial society. Further, it takes a comparative perspective by connecting the famine to famine experiences of other colonial powers in British India and French Indochina.

Netherlands East Indies

Famine

Colonial government

Relief policies

Colonial history

Disasters

Production of knowledge

Author

Tetteroo, Sander

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Colonial and Global History

Supervisors

Schrikker, Alicia

ECTS Credits

40

Language

en