Women, Work and Colonialism in the Netherlands and Java : Comparisons, Contrasts, and Connections, 1830–1940

Chapter 1: Introduction. Women’s work in the Netherlands and Java, 1830-1940 -- Chapter 2: An exceptional empire? Dutch colonialism in comparative perspective -- Chapter 3: Industrious women in an imperial economy: The Cultivation System and its consequences -- Chapter 4: Industrialisation, de-industrialisation, and women’s work: Textile production in the Dutch Empire -- Chapter 5: Contrasting consumption: Household income and living standards in the Netherlands and Java, 1870-1940 -- Chapter 6: Norms and social policies: Women’s and child labour legislation and education -- Chapter 7: Conclusions: Women’s work and divergent development in the Dutch Empire