<Note>The "Charter of 1804" : The colonial policy after the fall of the Dutch East India Company

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  • <ノート>1804年の「植民地憲章」について : オランダ東インド会社崩壊後の植民政策
  • 1804年の「植民地憲章」について--オランダ東インド会社崩壊後の植民政策
  • 1804ネン ノ ショクミンチ ケンショウ ニ ツイテ オランダ ヒガシインド ガイシャ ホウカイ ゴ ノ ショクミン セイサク

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After the fall of the Dutch East India Company, there were two trends concerning how to govern the territories, one of which was the "indirect administration", which had been maintained by the old Company. The Company was a sovereign power as a supreme landlord in Java, governing the petty princes through the "forced delivery system" and the "forced labour system". This is a feudalistic way. Another way was the "direct administration" which was offered by Dirk van Hogendorp, who intended to introduce the method of the "private land-property system", liquidating the power of the native princes after the model of the English in Bengal. He had an idea of connecting the Japanese farmers directly with the Dutch national sovereign through the land-rent. This is a capitalistic way. These two trends confronted against each other in the course of consideration of establishing the new "Charter of 1804". They came to a conclusion that the direct administration should not be accepted, because the abolishment of the control of the native princes was to be dangerous to cause on enternal disorder. It seemed to be difficult for the Batavian Republic to accept the direct administration, because of the inability of supplying products of the Netherlands to her territories. However, Van Hogendorp's proposal played a significant role in the Dutch colonial policy after that.

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  • 史林

    史林 54 (4), 594-607, 1971-07-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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