Java: Facts and Fancies [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

De Wit, Augusta

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ISBN 10: 0195826094 ISBN 13: 9780195826098

Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1996

Riassunto

When Augusta de Wit toured Java in the 1910s she found not only "the airy fancies, the legends and the dreams" but also "a busy manufacturing country, prosperous and prosaic." In fact she arrived during a crucial phase of the island's development, when the colonial Dutch regime had just embarked on its "Ethical Policy" not only to repay its "debt of honour" to an impoverished peasantry but also to facilitate the interests of modern capitalism. An illuminating record of her observations of both the Javanese aristocracy and peasantry, Java, through numerous illustrations, presents an important social document and a fascinating narrative account of a society in transition.

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Book by de Wit Augusta

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oxford Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195826094
• ISBN 13: 9780195826098
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 332
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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