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   Empire of Improvisation

   Taxation and Governance in Colonial Indonesia

   Av Maarten Manse

   Inbunden, 2026

   1613 kr

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   Throughout colonial Indonesia, a common method to determine a boy’s taxable age was to loop a rope around the chest. If the boy’s head fitted through this loop, his chest was still too small and he was too young; if not, he owed the government tax.Analysing unique archival sources from across …