Taming the Coolie Beast Plantation Society and the Colonial Order in Southeast Asia
Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta & Madras: Oxford University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xviii, [1], 2-321 followed by plates. Frontis. photo. Illustrated with a section of 40 superb photo reproductions. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Endpaper maps. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Fore-edges of boards bumped. In the photo-illustrated dust jacket that shows faded spine and light edge-wear. Very Good- / Very Good. Item #6564 Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Grim revelations of the brutal use of coolie labor on tobacco plantations in Sumatra. Per jacket-flap copy, "an angry book, powerfully written and backed by sound scholarship."
Price: $100.00