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The Traditional Village Community in Java in Transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

P. Creutzberg
P. Creutzberg
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Marterlaan 3, Maarn, The Netherlands
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A noteworthy report was recently published by two staff members of agricultural research institutes in Bogor (Indonesia), Collier and Soentoro, concerning the substantial changes that have occurred during the last ten to twenty years in traditional social relationships in the village community of rural Java (1). The phenomenon had been recorded before, including by Dr. Collier, who published a report on the subject when he and other research workers examined it in the course of their field work (2). Collier and Soentoro's report consists of a summary of surveys subsequently carried out by the Bogor institutes. These surveys confirmed the earlier observations. The report indicates clearly that this development, with its ominous consequences, is proceeding apace and is steadily permeating rural Java as a whole. Collier and Soentoro's report stands out for its lucid analysis of economic and social developments in rice production methods. Their detailed account of this development takes due account of the many variants stemming from varying regional traditions, economic circumstances and legal relationships.

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Trends in Historiography
Information
Itinerario , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 78 - 85
Copyright
Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 1981

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