AuthorVan der Veur, Paul W
TitleThe 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


SUBJECT

  1. Douwes Dekker
  2. E. F. E.
  3. 1879-1950
  4. Nationalists -- Indonesia -- Biography
  5. Indonesia -- History -- 1798-1942

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