In the nineteenth century, Javanese peasants were forced to work on plantations for low wages. This was an economic success, but at the cost of a large number of lives, reveals a study conducted by Pim de Zwart, Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán and Auke Rijpma, titled “The demographic effects of Colonialism: Forced Labor and Mortality in Java 1834-1879,” jointly researched by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Utrecht University.
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