HISB31H3 Chapter : Meridian chapter notes
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Morris cannot but notice the setback the indian cotton mill-industry suffered as a consequence, but he put it odd terms saying that the. Multatuli was pseudonym of eduard douwes dekker, born in amsterdam in 1820, son of dutch sea captain, died in 1887. Dekker left school at age of 15, and in 1838 entered east indian civil service in java where in rose steadily rank, despite several disputes with superiors. Dekker spent much of life writing to vindicate himself and in effort to improve the lot of the javanese. Javanese is naturally a husbandman as he is lured by soil on which he is born, promising him much for little work. Javanese is devoted to cultivation of rice fields, which is seen from early on, when the male goes with his father to the field to assist. Javanese just enough to keep them from starving, which would decrease the producing power of the nation.
