The emergence of technological development and The question of native identity in the Netherlands East Indies.

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: June 1, 2005| Author: Moon, Suzanne | Copyright information

In 1905, the colonial government in the Netherlands East Indies launched a Department of Agriculture, whose primary mission was to improve the welfare of the indigenous people by promoting a process of what many officials in the colony were starting to call 'development'. (1) Technical experts with the Department expected to change indigenous agriculture on Java, and eventually the rest of the East Indies, by bringing up-to-date scientific knowledge about better seeds, fertilizers ...

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