Wives, Slaves, and Concubines - A History of the Female Underclass in Dutch Asia

Klappentext Jones uses previously untapped criminal proceedings and testimonies by women who appeared before the Dutch East India Company's Court of aldermen to explore the profound structural changes occurring at the end of the early colonis period, changes that helpd birth the modern world order. Zusammenfassung Uncovers firsthand accounts of women's experiences in 18th-century Dutch Asia. This book argues that Dutch colonial practices and law created a new set of social and economic divisions in Batavia-Jakarta! modern-day Indonesia! to deal with difficult realities in Southeast Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Jones
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2009
• EAN: 9780875804101
• ISBN: 978-0-87580-410-1
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Südostasien, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.), Asiatische Geschichte