Empire of Improvisation - Taxation and Governance in Colonial Indonesia

This book reveals the everyday realities of Dutch colonial governance in Indonesia through the practice of taxation. Revealing its improvisational and manipulable nature, it challenges deeply-engrained ideas about top-down colonial rule, demonstrating how local actors were both affected by and reshaped colonial tax policy and practice from within.

Product details

• Authors: Maarten Manse
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: Indonesian
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9789004745759
• ISBN: 978-90-04-74575-9
• No. of pages: 412
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous