The author contends that colonial entanglements certainly existed, and influenced developments in women’s economic role to an extent, both in Java and the Netherlands. However, in the course of the nineteenth century, more and more distinctions in the visions and policies towards Dutch working class and Javanese peasant households emerged. Accordingly, the author argues that a more sophisticated framework is needed to explain how and why such connections were – both intentionally and unintentionally – severed over time. weiterlesen