Download or read book The Politics of Colonial Exploitation written by Cornelis Fasseur and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of the Cultivation System from the years 1840 to 1860 is the focus of this work by the Dutch scholar Cornelis Fasseur. The author presents a general overview of Dutch po y and decision-making, and considers how these policies influenced the evolution of the Cultivation System and how the system itself altered Dutch views of governance in Java.