11 The Capitalist Imperative of Colonialism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 7
3. List of Figures and Tables 13
4. Acknowledgements 15
5. Foreword 17
6. Prologue: The Formative Impact of Childhood : Life Experiences in a Comparative Setting of Time and Space 19
7. Part I Imperialism, Its Ideology and Practice of Racial Inequality
8. 1 Colonialism and Racism 31
9. 2 Alexis de Tocqueville on Class and Race 51
10. Part II The Coolie Scandal on Sumatra’s East Coast
11. 3 Dutch Colonialism and Its Racist Impact 71
12. 4 Coolie Labour and Colonial Capitalism in Asia 101
13. 5 ‘A Crafty Lawyer of Shady Deals’ 123
14. Part III Civilization and Racism
15. 6 Primitive Racism in a Colonial Setting 141
16. 7 Colonial Development 183
17. 8 Early Whistle-blowers on Belgian Colonialism 217
18. Part IV Political Advocacy of the Multinational State
19. 9 The Colour Bar as the Crux of Colonial Rule 239
20. 10 The Religious Fervour of Ethical Politics 265
21. 11 The Capitalist Imperative of Colonialism 287
22. 12 The Denial of Freedom and Its Impact on Indonesia’s Early Statecraft 317
23. Part V Development Aid as the Postcolonial Codex of Globalized Capitalism
24. 13 Spreading Dutch Welfarism in the Global South 347
25. 14 Development Aid Abandoned, Mission Achieved 361
26. 15 W.F. Wertheim: A Sociological Chronicler of Revolutionary Change 379
27. Epilogue: A World in Disorder 407
28. Name Index 429