Extremes in the Archipelago: Trade and Economic Development in the Outer Islands of Indonesia, 1900-1942, Jeroen Touwen

Extremes in the Archipelago is not an easy read, but it is a highly detailed and useful one, and will no doubt serve as a primary reference in future work on the economic history of Indonesia’s so-called Outer Islands (i.e., all those islands besides Java). With a focus on the development of export trade and its economic effects during the late Dutch colonial period, the book examines the differences among the Outer Islands in their integration with the world economy. (While one might quibble..