A precocious appetite: Industrial agriculture and the fertiliser revolution in Java's colonial cane fields, c. 1880-1914

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dc.contributor.authorKnight, G.
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractLate colonial sugar cane production in Java was characterised by the heavy use of (chemical) fertiliser in tandem with labour-intensive techniques and industrial work processes in the field. This article provides a useful corrective to an overemphasis on the extractive nature of the colonial economy of sugar and shows the truly industrial nature of plantation production. For students of colonial science and agriculture, the situation has additional ramifications, relating both to the role and ‘diffusion’ of scientific knowledge and to the historical dimensions of agricultural development in ‘the tropics’.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityG. Roger Knight
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006; 37(1):43-63
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0022463405000421
dc.identifier.issn0022-4634
dc.identifier.issn1474-0680
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/22993
dc.language.isoen
dc.provenancePublished online by Cambridge University Press 15 Feb 2006
dc.publisherSingapore Univ Press
dc.rightsCopyright © 2006 The National University of Singapore
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0022463405000421
dc.titleA precocious appetite: Industrial agriculture and the fertiliser revolution in Java's colonial cane fields, c. 1880-1914
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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