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Islam, ‘Asia’ and the United East India Company

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The Social Evolution of Indonesia

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The conflict between centre and periphery in Southeast Asia occurred mainly in the Malayo-Indonesian region, an area where foreign economic influence caused tendencies towards early elementary capitalism even before they appeared on the Indianized continent. The ‘Asiatic’ nuclear area of Java must have been affected in this way, still evidence is very difficult to find.

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Tichelman, F. (1980). Islam, ‘Asia’ and the United East India Company. In: The Social Evolution of Indonesia. Studies in Social History, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8896-5_8

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