Colonial Policy and Practice - A Comparative Study of Burma and Netherlands India

This influential 1948 study investigates the effects of colonial rule in Burma through comparison with the Dutch East Indies.

List of contents

Preface; List of articles cited; 1. The background of colonial policy and practice; 2. Burma, 1826-70: laissez-faire; 3. Burma, 1870-1923: efficiency and social justice; 4. Burma, 1870-1923: efficiency and social justice (cont.); 5. Burma, 1923-40: political democracy; 6. Burma, 1923-40: political democracy (cont.); 7. Netherlands India; 8. Colonial policy; 9. Welfare: land and labour; 10. Welfare: health and education; 11. Progress, welfare and autonomy; 12. Reintegration; 13. International collaboration; Appendices; List of references; Index.

Summary

A noted historian of Burma and the Dutch East Indies, John Sydenham Furnivall (1878–1960) was a founder of the Burma Research Society and a supporter of Burmese self-rule. Published in 1948, this influential study assesses the effects of colonial rule in Burma in comparison with the Dutch East Indies.

Product details

• Authors: John Sydenham Furnivall, Furnivall John Sydenham
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108067980
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06798-0
• No. of pages: 588
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Constitution: government & the state