The Introduction of Plantations into East Sumatra and its Socio-conomic Impacts, 1863-1929 = Sự du nhập của đồn điền vào Đông Sumatra và hệ quả kinh tế - xã hội (giai đoạn 1863-1929)

• Main Author: Pham, Van Thuy
• Other Authors: ĐHQGHN - Trường Đại học Khoa học Xã hội và Nhân văn
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội 2020
• Subjects: Đồn điền; Đông Sumatra (Indonesia); Cây thuốc lá; Cây cao su; Cu li; Kinh tế đồn điền
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/99315
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

The goal of this article is to examine the introduction of plantations into East Sumatra (Indonesia) in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Attention is given to the five most important plantation crops, namely tobacco, rubber, oil palm, tea, and fiber. The article analyzes the economic and social transformation of the region as a consequence of the rapid expansion of plantations. Within a short period of time, East Sumatra emerged to become one of the most dynamic economic regions of Southeast Asia. The development of the region and the needs of a source of protection for Dutch planters in face of fierce competition from other Western companies and local resistance encouraged the Dutch colonial government to establish effective authority in East Sumatra.