Metropolitan History of the Dutch Empire

Dr. Matthijs Kuipers lectured on (post)colonial history, humanitarianism, human rights, and racism at Utrecht University and is now employed by Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei. He defended his PhD thesis on popular imperialism in the Netherlands in 2018 at the European University Institute in Florence and has published on topics ranging from colonial propaganda to the imperial dimension of the Dutch boy scouts.

• List of Abbreviations, On Names and Terminology, Introduction: The Still Waters of Empire Run Deep, Dutch Indifference, The Metropole in the Colonial World, Conquering the Metropolitan Mind, The Politics of History, Case Studies from a Fragmented Empire, 1. Food and Indifference: A Cultural History of the Rijsttafel in the Netherlands, Dichotomies of a Colonial Dish, The Metropolitan Rijsttafel, Who's Cooking?, The Politics of Colonial Food, The Limits of Permeation (Conclusion), 2. Indonesians and Cultural Citizenship: The Metropolitan Microcosm of Empire, Dissent and Cultural Citizenship, Wim Tehupeiory: Naturalization and Social Mobility, Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo: Political Dissent in the Metropole, Jodjana: The Arts and the Idea of Association, Imperial Citizenship and Double Consciousness (Conclusion), 3. Schools and Propaganda: History Books and Schools as Sites of Imperial Campaigns, Schools, Teachers and Pupils, History Lessons, 'Classroom Collections', Maps on the Wall (Conclusion), 4. Scouting and the Racialized Other: Imperial Tropes in the Dutch Scouting Movement, The Advent of Dutch Scouting, An Empire without Boys, Imperial Imagery in Dutch Scouting, The 1937 Jamboree, Scouting and Dutch Imperialism (Conclusion), 5. Missionary Organizations and the Metropolitan Public: The 'Inner Mission' and the Invention of Mission Festivals, Internal Colonialism, Mission Festivals, The Choice of a Missionary Career, Gendered Role Models, Finding Funds (Conclusion), Conclusion: A Fragmented Empire, Sources, Archives and Libraries, Published Primary Sources, Published Secondary Sources, Index, List of Figures and Tables, Figures, Figure 1. A modern-day Javanese tumpeng, Figure 2. Mrs. Catenius-van der Meijden, Figure 3. A rijsttafel in a colonial domestic setting, Figure 4 Drawing of Oost en West's coat of arms, Figure 5 Boeatan's tearoom, Figure 6. Portrait of the Indiërs Comité, Figure 7 Jodjana performing in Germany, Figure 8 Poster announcing the 1937 World Scout Jamboree in Vogelenzang, Netherlands, Tables, Table 1. Annual number of classroom collections sent out by the Koloniaal Museum and the reported number requested by schools, Table 2 Number of annual visitors to the Koloniaal Museum, Table 3 Annual balance of the Nederlandsch Zendelinggenootschap in the 1880s