The trumpet shall sound for rich peasants: Kasan Mukmin's uprising in Gedangan, East Java, 1904.

From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: September 1, 1995| Author: Fernando, M.R. | Copyright information

Small-scale conflicts between peasants and the forces of colonial government in Java after 1870 are seen by some scholars as a precursor of the modern political struggle for freedom. Focusing on an incident in East Java in 1904, this paper argues that such a view is often misleading, and that a very different scenario emerges when the economic and social forces that lead to small uprisings are closely examined.

In late May 1904 a small band of people led by a certain Kasan Mukmin, a...

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