Sumatran Sultanate and Colonial State

by Locher-Scholten, Elsbeth; Jackson, Beverley

• ISBN13: 9780877277361
• ISBN10: 0877277362
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Southeast Asia

Table of Contents

Foreword to the English Edition	11	(2)
Preface	13	(2)
Themes and Theories	15	(20)
Sources	16	(3)
Theories of Modern Imperialism	19	(6)
Modern Imperialism and the Netherlands	25	(5)
The Precolonial State in Southeast Asia	30	(2)
Native or Dutch Sovereignty	32	(3)
Jambi and Batavia before 1830	35	(30)
The Geography of Jambi	35	(2)
Jambi before 1600	37	(2)
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries	39	(1)
A Poor Region and a Poor Prince	40	(3)
The European View	43	(2)
The Malay State	45	(1)
The Structure of the Jambian State	46	(2)
Governing a Diverse Population	48	(3)
European Images and Colonial Reality	51	(1)
Batavia and the Outer Islands from 1816 Onwards	51	(4)
Batavia and Jambi: Initial Contact	55	(1)
Piracy	56	(2)
Renewed Contact with Jambi	58	(1)
Johannes van den Bosch and Sumatra	59	(6)
Contract and Sovereignty	65	(22)
Negotiations	65	(5)
Response in Batavia	70	(2)
Victors' Justice	72	(1)
Sovereignty Surrendered	73	(1)
Satisfaction in Batavia	74	(1)
Satisfaction in Jambi?	75	(4)
Sovereignty in Practice	79	(1)
Salt and Coins	80	(3)
Unrest in Jambi	83	(2)
Review and Conclusions	85	(2)
International Interest in Jambi	87	(28)
Britain's Diplomatic Offensive	87	(3)
Minister Baud's Response	90	(2)
Baud's Policy on Sumatra	92	(4)
The Consequences for Jambi	96	(5)
Pirates on the Coast	101	(1)
The American Adventurer Gibson	101	(2)
Guilty or Not Guilty	103	(6)
Consequences: Relations with the United States	109	(3)
Consequences: Jambi and the East Indies	112	(3)
Preemption in Practice: The Struggle for Power in 1858	115	(18)
A New Sultan: Taha Safiuddin	115	(3)
Negotiation of a New Contract	118	(3)
Second Round	121	(2)
Third Phase and Military Expedition	123	(3)
Batavia's Sumatra Policy	126	(2)
The Hague and the Policy of Abstention	128	(5)
Quests for Knowledge and Political Consequences: The 1860s and 1870s	133	(34)
Batavia's Goal: Restoring Confidence	133	(5)
The Jambian Response	138	(1)
The Arab Connection	139	(2)
Geography and Imperialism	141	(2)
Plans for a Scientific Expedition	143	(4)
Repercussions in the East Indies	147	(3)
The Expedition	150	(3)
The Resident Takes Action	153	(3)
Policy in Batavia	156	(1)
A Military Expedition?	157	(3)
Repercussions in Jambi	160	(3)
Review and Conclusions	163	(4)
Ritual Dances (1882--1895)	167	(22)
Inaugural Ceremony and Ritual (1882)	167	(5)
Contract	172	(1)
Renewed Efforts at Reconciliation	173	(2)
Internal Power Struggle in Jambi	175	(3)
Political Plans	178	(1)
Second Inaugural Ritual (1886)	179	(3)
Meeting the Pangeran Ratu	182	(2)
Second Meeting	184	(1)
Review and Conclusions	185	(4)
Oil: 1890--1900	189	(34)
New Policy on the Outer Islands	189	(4)
Jambi And the Profit-making Factor	193	(2)
Administrative Tangles	195	(4)
A New Adviser: Snouck Hurgronje	199	(6)
The Jambian Administration	205	(2)
Policy-making (or not) in The Hague	207	(5)
Mineral Extraction	212	(6)
Motives: Power, Profits, or Principles	218	(2)
Avoidance Behavior as a Deliberate Strategy	220	(3)
State Formation and Guerrilla War (1901--1907)	223	(22)
Military Expansion	224	(5)
Kerinci and the Other Dependent Regions	229	(1)
The Jambian Anak Raja	230	(4)
Abdullah Yusuf	234	(4)
Uniform Administration	238	(2)
The East Indies Context	240	(5)
Conclusion: Jambian Isolation and Dutch Imperialism	245	(22)
Taha's Policy	245	(3)
Dutch Imperialism	248	(1)
Fieldhouse's Model of Imperialism and Jambian History	248	(3)
Jambi and Dutch Policy on the Outer Islands	251	(2)
Continuity	253	(2)
The Periphery	255	(2)
Fear of Foreign Rivals	257	(2)
The Profit Motive	259	(1)
An Ethical Imperialism?	260	(2)
Administrative Motives: Power and Order	262	(2)
The Netherlands and Modern Imperialism	264	(2)
The Primary Cause?	266	(1)
Epilogue: Continuing Lines and Changing Patterns (1907--1949)	267	(36)
The 1916 Uprising	267	(9)
Rubber	276	(3)
Oil	279	(5)
Revolution in Jambi	284	(11)
Appendices
I Genealogy of the Suku Kraton	295	(1)
II Administrative Officers (Civiele gezaghebbers)/ collectors of import and export duties at Muara Kompeh and political agents in Jambi	296	(2)
III Residents of Palembang and Jambi	298	(2)
IV Governors-general	300	(1)
V Ministers of Colonies	301	(2)
Glossary	303	(4)
Bibliography	307	(16)
Index	323

Excerpts

The first English translation of Professor Locher-Scholten's 1994 Dutch text, a study of the reaction to Dutch colonial expansion by the Sumatran sultanate of Jambi. The Dutch text has been called "an excellent teaching tool for work on the Netherlands imperial project ... [Locher-Scholten's] extensive archive work, in both Holland and Indonesia, her explicit reference to secondary theoretical works, and her useful lists mean that her analysis is transparent and accessible."

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