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eBook
A History of Plague in Java, 1911–1942
2022
Overview
In A History of Plague in Java,
1911-1942 , Maurits Bastiaan Meerwijk
demonstrates how the official response to the 1911 outbreak of
plague in Malang led to one of the most invasive health
interventions in Dutch colonial Indonesia. Eager to combat
disease, Dutch physicians and officials integrated the traditional
Javanese house into the \"rat-flea-man\" theory of transmission.
Hollow bamboo frames and thatched roofs offered hiding spaces for
rats, suggesting a material link between rat plague and human
plague. Over the next thirty years, 1.6 million houses were
renovated or rebuilt, millions more were subjected to periodic
inspection, and countless Javanese were exposed to health messaging
seeking to \"rat-proof\" their beliefs along with their houses.
The transformation of houses, villages, and people was
documented in hundreds of photographs and broadcast to overseas
audiences as evidence of the \"ethical\" nature of colonial rule,
proving so effective as propaganda that the rebuilding continued
even as better alternatives, such as inoculation, became available.
By systematically reshaping the built environment, the Dutch plague
response dramatically expanded colonial oversight and influence in
rural Java.
Publisher
Cornell University Press,Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press,Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of
Subject
/ Architecture & Architectural History
/ Asia
/ Colonies
/ HISTORY
/ Java
/ Java (Indonesia) -- Colonization -- History -- 20th century
/ Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
/ Netherlands -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social policy
/ Plague
/ Plague -- Indonesia -- Java -- History -- 20th century
/ Public health -- Indonesia -- Java -- History -- 20th century
ISBN
9781501766824, 1501766821, 9781501766855, 1501766856, 9781501766831, 150176683X
