The lion and the gadfly : Dutch colonialism and the spirit of E.F.E. Douwes Dekker / Paul W. van der Veur
Imprint
Leiden : KITLV Press, c2006
Descript
xxx, 858 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Family background of Ernest Francois Eugene Douwes Dekker -- A hero in the making? the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902 -- Wives and children -- In search of a mission, 1903-1911 -- Toward the implementation of ideals -- The rise and fall of the Indische Partij -- Tilting at windmills? -- Living in a cold and distant land -- Sinking into an abyss of despair, 1914-1918 -- Return to a different, 1918-1922 -- Research and writing -- New careers -- DD and the Ksatrian Institute, 1930-1941 -- The calm before the storm, 1937-1940 -- Hell in a very small place, 1941-1946 -- The taste of national freedom, 1942-1950