Mapping inequality in Dutch colonial-era Indonesia
- Written by Pim de Zwart, Assistant Professor, Wageningen University
Workers harvesting crops in a Dutch East Indies' plantation.Leiden University Library/Wikimedia, CC BYIn the early 20th century, the region now known as Indonesia – then the Dutch East Indies – was Europe’s largest colony after India. It was a major producer of tropical commodities, like rubber and sugar, which were drivers of...
