Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps, Tables, Figures and Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Conventions -- Maps -- 1. Introduction -- Research Outline -- Access to Capital, Information and Security -- The Indonesian Case -- Sources -- Research Method -- 2. Prelude to Rapid Expansion (1800-1884) -- The Colonial State and the Economy -- The Resilience of Private Enterprise -- Entrepreneurship under the Cultivation System: Djauw Adjiem and Ho Kong Sing -- Finance in Transition: Internatio and De Javasche Bank -- Wholesalers and Retailers: Van Beek, Reineke & Co. - HVA -- 3. Crisis and Adaptation (1884-1890s) -- Economic Policy and Political Expansion -- The Organization of Trade -- The Onset of the Crisis: Sugar and Coffee -- Beginning of the Crisis -- The Crisis Experienced: Internatio and Dorrepaal & Co. -- The Crisis Prolonged: Sing Liong & Co. -- 4. Redefining Dutch-Chinese Commercial Relations (1890s-1910) -- An Awkward Alliance: The Interdependence of Dutch and Chinese Business -- The Economic Position of the Chinese under Scrutiny -- A Wave of Failures: Surabaya in the Late 1890s -- The Chinese Boycott of the HVA -- 5. The Road to Expansion (1910-1930) -- The Late Colonial State: Consolidation and Conflict -- The Colonial Economy before 1914: The HVA in Trade and Agriculture -- The Lure of Sugar in Trade and Banking -- De Javasche Bank and the Outbreak of the First World War -- The Colonial Economy after 1914 -- The Kwik Hoo Tong Handelmaatschappij: A Prominent Chinese in Sugar -- 6. Economic Crisis and Commercial Resilience (1930-1942) -- The Economic Experience of the 1930s -- The Incidence of Failure: Bankruptcy Cases and Business Fraud -- Commercial Resilience and Crisis Management: Internatio and Margo-Redjo -- 7. Conclusion -- A Bird's-Eye View of Colonial Trade.

Trade Dynamics -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.