Book · 1861 · Great Britain
Java
Or, How to Manage a Colony. Showing a Practical Solution of the Questions Now Affecting British India
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So, uh, Prince Leopold, one of his favorite books as he's a young man studying trying to find a new colony for Belgium is a book about the Dutch East Indies called, uh, Java: How to Manage a Colony.
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Java by James William Bayley Money is a historical account examining Dutch colonial administration and agricultural practices in the Dutch East Indies. Robert Evans discussed the book on Behind the Bastards in June 2018 and again in a November 2023 rewind episode covering the life and reign of King Leopold II. Evans introduced the book as one of the favorite texts of a young Prince Leopold as the future Belgian monarch was studying how to establish and manage a overseas colony for Belgium. Evans explained that the publication detailed the mechanics of Dutch colonial exploitation, administrative control, and forced labor systems implemented in Java. By highlighting this specific reading material, Evans sought to illustrate the ideological influences that shaped Leopold's imperial ambitions and his subsequent brutal colonization of the Congo Free State. The text served as a blueprint for the young royal, demonstrating methods of extracting wealth and exerting total authoritarian control over colonized populations in Southeast Asia.
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Robert Evans So, uh, Prince Leopold, one of his favorite books as he's a young man studying trying to find a new colony… 2
“So, uh, Prince Leopold, one of his favorite books as he's a young man studying trying to find a new colony for Belgium is a book about the Dutch East Indies called, uh, Java: How to Manage a Colony.”
“So, uh, Prince Leopold, one of his favorite books as he's a young man studying trying to find a new colony for Belgium is a book about the Dutch East Indies called, uh, Java: How to Manage a Colony. Uh, height. Yeah. Why would you Oh my god.”
