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The ways in which sugar industry acted as a catalyst of socio-economic change in Java under colonial rule is a matter of debate among scholars. We need more local studies revealing how the industry operated in different areas before drawing a broad picture of its cumulative influence in shaping the process of modern socio-economic transformation in Java. This small monograph by a pioneer schola...