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Book SynopsisIn the 17th century, the Dutch established a trading base at the Indonesian site of Jacarta. What began as a minor colonial outpost under the name Batavia would become, over the next three centuries, the flourishing economic and political nucleus of the Dutch Asian Empire. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of Batavia's social world.
Trade ReviewThe best analysis in English or Dutch of the colonizers' interaction with Asian and Eurasian women and the distinctive Indo-Dutch, Mestizo culture that resulted. - Michael Adas, Journal of Asian and African Studies ""Shows how this society, far from being static, underwent an evolution; how it opened or closed itself to external influences, transformed immigrants or was changed by them, and loosened or tightened its links with the European homeland through time."" - Michele Boin in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ""Once again Jean Taylor demonstrates her originality and insight in a revision which will ensure that Social World of Batavia remains a seminal scholarly work."" - Nigel Worden, University of Cape Town, author of Slavery in Dutch South Africa
