Search Results - "VAN DER MEER, ARNOUT H. C."

Igniting Change in Colonial Indonesia: Soemarsono’s Contestation of Colonial Hegemony in a Global Context by VAN DER MEER, ARNOUT H. C.

“…In 1913, Javanese public prosecutor Soemarsono clashed with his colonial superior by refusing him traditional deference, donning European clothes, and actively…”
Get full text

Performing Colonial Modernity: Fairs, Consumerism, and the Emergence of the Indonesian Middle Classes by van der Meer, Arnout H.C.

“…Late-colonial Indonesia witnessed the proliferation of annual fairs and exhibitions that attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors from all ethnic…”
Get full text

Pointy Shoes and Pith Helmets. Dress and Identity Construction in Ambon from 1850 to 1942 by van der Meer, Arnout H.C.

“…[...]one would expect that the growing Westernization of colonial society from the late nineteenth century onwards would be reflected in the primacy of Western…”
Get full text

Pacific Strife. The Great Powers and Their Political and Economic Rivalries in Asia and the Western Pacific 1870-1914 by van der Meer, Arnout H.C.

“…[...]while the history of the scramble for Africa has received far more attention, as Van Dijk points out, it was only in Asia and the Pacific that all the…”
Get full text