10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EAST INDIES»
Discover the use of
East Indies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
East Indies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
American Visions of the Netherlands
East Indies/Indonesia: ...
A revealing reassessment of the American government's position towards Indonesia's struggle for independence.
Frances Gouda, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg, 2002
2
A New Account of the
East Indies: Being the Observations and ...
A lively 1727 travelogue offering an invaluable historical and geographical picture of south-east Asia, spiced with tales of piracy and poisoning.
3
Angel of the
East Indies
"Angel of the East Indies" is about two young people growing up in the simplicity of the Dutch farming community prior to World War II that fall in love only to get separated when one of them joins the military.
4
Colonial Spectacles: The Netherlands and the Dutch
East ...
At these exhibitions, the Netherlands showed off its colonies by erecting models of schools, sugar-factories, bridges, and railways exhibits, which were meant to give proof of the good works of modern colonial administration and enterprise.
Marieke Bloembergen, 2006
5
The Hadrami Awakening: Community and Identity in the ...
A ground-breaking study of the Hadrami community in Indonesia. The book considers the evolution of Indonesian Arab identity in the context of the rise of nationalism throughout Southeast Asia during the early twentieth century.
Natalie Mobini-Kesheh, 1999
6
A Pocket Guide to Netherlands
East Indies
The booklet includes a map of the 3,000 countries making up the East Indies, guides to currency, time, measurements, and language, and a list of dos and don'ts when interacting with the general population.
War And Navy Departments Washington DC, 2010
7
The Voyage of Thomas Best to the
East Indies, 1612-1614
The Present Volume Narrates The Tenth Voyage Conducted By The East India Company During The Years 1612-14.
Thomas Best, William Foster, 1995
8
Troubled pleasures: Dutch colonial literature from the
East ...
This is the first comprehensive examination of Dutch colonial literature in English.
9
Our Childhood in the Former Colonial Dutch
East Indies
Early on in the seventeenth century, the Netherlands East Indies was a territorial
possession of the Netherlands until Sukarno proclaimed the country's
independence on August 17, 1945, for its autochthonous people, whence the
country came ...
Ralph Ockerse, Ralph Ockerse and Evelijn Blaney, 2011
10
The Defining Years of the Dutch
East Indies, 1942-1949: ...
By early April 1942, there were a variety of enslavement centers in operation
throughout the Dutch East Indies, and they could be classified in eight types: 1.
Prisoner of -war (pow) camps These camps held members of the armed forces of
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EAST INDIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
East Indies is used in the context of the following news items.
Hilde Lee: Try yellow peppers with ham and pasta while you reflect …
... native populations incorporated chilies in their cooking, and by 1550 chilies had reached western China, Southeast Asia and the East Indies. «The Daily Progress, Jul 15»
Fragile Histories, Fugitive Lives at NAF
... this period hinged on passing trade, the trafficking of slaves and the deportation of convicts and exiles from the Dutch East Indies to the Cape. «Artslink.co.za News, Jul 15»
The Jewish National Fund as a colonization tool
The Dutch in Indonesia (Netherlands East Indies) did the same but mixed freely with the "natives" and intermarried. The Dutch of South Africa ... «Middle East Monitor, Jul 15»
Cardinal Tagle appeals for International Eucharistic Congress …
Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521 during the Spanish expedition to the East Indies. The symbol is being brought around the country to ... «ucanews, Jul 15»
Australia Indonesia Association promotes cultural friendship for 70 …
Newly freed from their own foreign occupation, the Dutch set about reimposing control over their former East Indies empire, and this was to see ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
Historic marker unveiled in lower Manhattan at site of former slave …
Wall Street was the location of the first slave trade in New York, where men, women and children of color from the East Indies, Africa, Cuba, ... «Amsterdam News, Jul 15»
Friends of the A.K. Smiley Public Library offer Steinbeck's 'The Moon …
... Andrews (1884–1960) is a captivating account of the 10 years the author spent on whaling ships, of his expedition to the Dutch East Indies, of ... «Redlands Daily Facts, Jul 15»
Bid to trace relatives of Lt Edward Roebuck who died while being …
An estimated 92,000 civilians also died in the course of the project, chiefly forced labour brought from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jun 15»
Junya Watanabe's Africa-themed fashion show was missing a key …
It was copying a fabric made by the local Javanese population in the colonial Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. When Vlisco introduced it into ... «Quartz, Jun 15»
Comrades-in-arms during World War II share Short Snorters
... and Dunn covered the war together in Java, escaping to Australia just before the Japanese captured the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). «Coeur d'Alene Press, Jun 15»
