§16§'This book makes an important contribution to the history of household labour relations in two contrasting societies. It deserves a wide readership.'§-Anne Booth, SOAS University of London, UK §16§their effects by focusing on developments in household labour in the Dutch Empire in the period 1830-1940. The changing role of households', and particularly women's, economic activities in the Netherlands and Java, one of the most important Dutch colonies, forms an excellent case study to help understand the connections and disparities between colony and metropole.The author contends that colonial entanglements certainly existed, and influenced developments in women's economic §04§Chapter 1: Introduction. Women's work in the Netherlands and Java, 1830-1940.- Chapter 2: An exceptional empire? Dutch colonialism in comparative perspective.- Chapter 3: Industrious women in an imperial economy: The Cultivation System and its consequences.- Chapter 4: Industrialisation, de-industrialisation, and women's work: Textile production in the Dutch Empire.- Chapter 5: Contrasting consumption: Household income and living standards in the Netherlands and Java, 1870-1940.- Chapter 6: Norms and social policies: Women's and child labour legislation and education.- Chapter 7: Conclusions: Women's work and divergent development in the Dutch Empire .§§ §02§Elise van Nederveen Meerkerk is Professor in Economic and Social History at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, with a particular focus on the history of women's and children's labour.§ § § § § §04§Chapter 1: Introduction. Women's work in the Netherlands and Java, 1830-1940.- Chapter 2: An exceptional empire? Dutch colonialism in comparative perspective.- Chapter 3: Industrious women in an imperial economy: The Cultivation System and its consequences.- Chapter 4: Industrialisation, de-industrialisation, and women's work: Textile production in the Dutch Empire.- Chapter 5: Contrasting consumption: Household income and living standards in the Netherlands and Java, 1870-1940.- Chapter 6: Norms and social policies: Women's and child labour legislation and education.- Chapter 7: Conclusions: Women's work and divergent development in the Dutch Empire .
