Capitalism and confrontation in Sumatra's plantation belt, 1870-1979
By: Ann Laura Stoler.
Edition: 2nd ed., with a new preface.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Agricultural laborers -- Indonesia -- Sumatra -- History; Agricultural laborers -- Indonesia -- Sumatra -- Political activity -- History; Plantations -- Indonesia -- Sumatra -- History; Social conflict -- Indonesia -- Sumatra -- History; Economic anthropology -- Indonesia -- Sumatra; Sumatra (Indonesia) -- Rural conditions
Description: Capitalism and Confrontation in Sumatra's Plantation Belt, 1870 - 1979 is a fascinating ethnographic history that analyzes how popular resistance actively molded both the form of colonialism and the social, economic, and political experience of the Javanese laboring communities on Sumatra's plantation borders.

In a new preface to this edition, Ann Laura Stoler reflects on her book as a historical document, exploring its timing at the cusp of a more general shift in the anthropology of political economy and colonial studies. This volume will prove invaluable to students across a range of disciplines, including not only history and anthropology but political science and sociology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240) and index.