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The trumpet shall sound for rich peasants: Kasan Mukmin's uprising in Gedangan, East Java, 1904.
From:
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
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September 1, 1995| Author:
Fernando, M.R.
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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...