The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic w
Bosma (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam) and Raben (Asian history, Netherlands Institute for War Documentation and history, Utrecht U.) recount the fortunes of the Indische people,
Being “Dutch” in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a “Creole empire.” In telli
