{"product_id":"merchant-kings-corporate-governmentality-in-the-dutch-colonial-empire-1815-1870-9781800730502","title":"Merchant Kings: Corporate Governmentality in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIn the nineteenth century, the Netherlands and its colonial holdings in Java were the sites of dramatically increased industrialization. Led by a group of “merchant kings” who exemplified gentlemanly capitalism, this ambitious trading project transformed the small, economically moribund Netherlands into a global power. \u003cem\u003eMerchant Kings\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fascinating interdisciplinary exploration of this episode and reveals not only the distinctive nature of the Dutch state, but the surprising extent to which its nascent corporate innovations were rooted in early welfare initiatives. By placing colony and metropole into a single analytical frame, this book offers a bracing new approach to understanding the development of modern corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Schrauwers adds new theoretical insights into studies of governmentality through the concepts of corporate governmentality and corporatization as well as his unique conceptualization of assemblage. In this light, Schrauwers’ book will be particularly useful for anthropologists, historians, and sociologists who study governmentality, capitalist modes of production, political economy, and colonial-trade history.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Society for the Anthropology of Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eMerchant Kings \u003cem\u003epresents a fascinating and detailed study of corporate practices in the nineteenth-century Dutch colonial empire. It will make an important contribution to our understanding of corporations, colonization, and capitalism.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Joshua Barkan\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Georgia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A well-written and compelling book, offering a new view on the nineteenth-century economy of the Dutch Empire.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk\u003c\/strong\u003e, Utrecht University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eSection I: State Formation in the Greater Netherlands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Corporate Governmentality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Aristocratic Restoration in the Nineteenth-Century “Greater Netherlands”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eSection II: Corporate Governmentality in the Realm of the Merchant-King\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Policing the Pauper in the Realm of the Merchant-King\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Cultivation System\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Manufacturing Commodity Chains: The NHM and Cotton\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Sweetening the Pot”: the Javanese Sugar Industry\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Weaving an Empire: G. \u0026amp; H. Salomonson and the “Social Question”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eSection III: The Credit Mobilier and Corporate Assemblage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Political Economy, the “Self-Regulating Market” and “Economic Governance”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Credit Mobilier: Constructing an Economic Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Credit Mobilier and the Railways\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Assemblage, Corporatization, and the Government of the Economy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042738667863,"sku":"9781800730502","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800730502.jpg?v=1750955405","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/merchant-kings-corporate-governmentality-in-the-dutch-colonial-empire-1815-1870-9781800730502","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}