Author: Alexander HamiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
New Account of the East-Indies
Author: Alexander HamiltonA new account of the East Indies
Author: Alexander Hamilton“A” New Account Of The East Indies
Author: Alexander HamiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
A New Account of the East Indies
Author: Alexander HamiltonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108055192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
A lively 1727 travelogue offering an invaluable historical and geographical picture of south-east Asia, spiced with tales of piracy and poisoning.
A New Account of East India and Persia
Author: John FryerPublisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120607965
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Being An Account Of Nine Years Travel From 1672 To 1681. Edited With Notes And An Introduction By William Crooke.
A Voyage to the East Indies
Author: Paolino da San BartholomaeoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108028217
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Published in English translation in 1800, this valuable account presents a noted orientalist's observations on Indian geography, language and culture.
The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949
Author: Jan A. KrancherPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786481064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Following their invasion of Java on March 1, 1942, the Japanese began a process of Japanization of the archipelago, banning every remnant of Dutch rule. Over the next three years, more than 100,000 Dutch citizens were shipped to Japanese internment camps and more than four million romushas, forced Indonesian laborers, were enlisted in the Japanese war effort. The Japanese occupation stimulated the development of Indonesian independence movements. Headed by Sukarno, a longtime admirer of Japan, nationalist forces declared their independence on August 17, 1945. For Dutch citizens, Dutch-Indonesians or "Indos," and pro-Dutch Indonesians, Sukarno's declaration marked the beginning of a new wave of terror. These powerful and often poignant stories from survivors of the Japanese occupation and subsequent turmoil surrounding Indonesian independence provide one with a vivid portrait of the hardships faced during the period.
The Coins of the Dutch East Indies
Author: Sir John A. S. BucknillPublisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120614482
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Anarchy
Author: William DalrymplePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1526634015
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India ... A book of beauty' – Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business. William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941–42
Author: Marc LohnsteinPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472843533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
At the end of 1941, Imperial Japan targeted The East Indies in an attempt to secure access to precious oil resources. The Netherlands East Indies Campaign featured complex Japanese and Allied operations, and included the first use of airborne troops in the war. This highly illustrated study is one of the less well-known campaigns of the Pacific War. Imperial Japan's campaigns of conquest in late 1941/early 1942 were launched in order to achieve self-sufficiency for the Japanese people, chiefly in the precious commodity of oil. The Netherlands (or Dutch) East Indies formed one of Japan's primary targets, on account of its abundant rubber plantations and oilfields. The Japanese despatched an enormous naval task force to support the amphibious landings over the vast terrain of the Netherlands East Indies. The combined-arms offensive was divided into three groups: western, centre and eastern. The isolated airfields and oilfields were, however, picked off one by one by the Japanese, in the rush to secure the major islands before major Allied reinforcements arrived. This superbly illustrated title describes the operational plans and conduct of the fighting by the major parties involved, and assesses the performance of the opposing forces on the battlefield, bringing to life an often-overlooked campaign of the Pacific War.