Wives, Slaves, and Concubines: A History of the Female Underclass in Dutch Asia

by Eric Jones and Eric Jones

Wives, Slaves, and Concubines argues that Dutch colonial practices and law created a new set of social and economic divisions in Batavia-Jakarta, modern-day Indonesia, to deal with difficult realities in Southeast Asia. Jones uses compelling stories from ordinary Asian women to explore the profound structural changes occurring at the end of the early colonial period--changes that helped birth the modern world order. Based on previously untapped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875804101
• ISBN13: 9780875804101
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher