Locales of happiness, Maurits Ertsen

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Locales of happiness

Colonial irrigation in the Netherlands East Indies and its remains, 1830 - 1980

Maurits Ertsen

2010 / x + 238 pp. / paperback / ISBN 978-90-6562-241-9 / Euro 24.00

Ebook ISBN 9789065622426

European colonial policies of exploitation and development have always been closely associated with irrigation. In this book, Maurits Ertsen explores how the Dutch realized their irrigation efforts in their most important colony the Netherlands East Indies, modern Indonesia. Colonial agrarian policies, irrigation goals and technical goals appear to be closely linked in a so-called technological regime.

Within the structuring context of this regime, irrigation engineers created what they perceived as locales of happiness for Javanese farmers and sugar industry. Although the agro-political realities in Indonesia and the world have dramatically changed after the Second World War, Dutch irrigation engineering continued to be based upon the design approach developed in the Netherlands East Indies.

Contents:

Preface • 1.Tracing back a river • 2. A juggling act • 3. Impressing the Germans • 4. One equation with many variables • 5. A coherent organism • 6. Our calculations are approximations • 7. Rules in retrospect • 8. I want to become an engineer • 9. Technical construction of society • References • Notes • Index

PDF files:

prelims (230 Kb)

Chapter 1 (188 Kb)

About the author

Maurits Ertsen is lecturing irrigation at the water resources management group of Delft University of Technology. His teaching and research center on the close interaction between human action and system behavior in irrigation. His work spans modern, historical and archeological times and covers many regions worldwide.

What binds all these realities together is irrigation itself, this fascinating confusion emerging from social and material structuration processes.

Webpage of the author

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VSSD: Science and Technology	order information b
Locales of happiness Colonial irrigation in the Netherlands East Indies and its remains, 1830 - 1980 Maurits Ertsen 2010 / x + 238 pp. / paperback / ISBN 978-90-6562-241-9 / Euro 24.00 Ebook ISBN 9789065622426
European colonial policies of exploitation and development have always been closely associated with irrigation. In this book, Maurits Ertsen explores how the Dutch realized their irrigation efforts in their most important colony the Netherlands East Indies, modern Indonesia. Colonial agrarian policies, irrigation goals and technical goals appear to be closely linked in a so-called technological regime. Within the structuring context of this regime, irrigation engineers created what they perceived as locales of happiness for Javanese farmers and sugar industry. Although the agro-political realities in Indonesia and the world have dramatically changed after the Second World War, Dutch irrigation engineering continued to be based upon the design approach developed in the Netherlands East Indies. Contents: Preface • 1.Tracing back a river • 2. A juggling act • 3. Impressing the Germans • 4. One equation with many variables • 5. A coherent organism • 6. Our calculations are approximations • 7. Rules in retrospect • 8. I want to become an engineer • 9. Technical construction of society • References • Notes • Index	PDF files: prelims (230 Kb) Chapter 1 (188 Kb) About the author Maurits Ertsen is lecturing irrigation at the water resources management group of Delft University of Technology. His teaching and research center on the close interaction between human action and system behavior in irrigation. His work spans modern, historical and archeological times and covers many regions worldwide. What binds all these realities together is irrigation itself, this fascinating confusion emerging from social and material structuration processes. Webpage of the author
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English language textbooks Aerospace engineering \| Architectuur en stedenbouw \| Bedrijfsleer, innovatie, economie, recht en techniek, duurzame ontwikkeling \| Bedrijfszekerheidstechniek \| Bouwtechniek \| Civiele techniek \| Bouwen met Staal \| Elektrotechniek \| Ergonomie \| Fysische chemie en fysische en chemische technologie \| Informatietheorie \| Landmeetkunde \| Levenscyclusanalyse \| Materiaalkunde \| (Technische) natuurkunde \| Toegepaste mechanica \| Toegepaste taalkunde: Engels \| Water- en kustmanagement \| Werktuigbouwkunde \| Wiskunde: analyse, lineaire algebra, statistiek Boekhandelsprijzen Naar beginpagina VSSD-uitgeverij	Updated: 23 February 2011, hlf@vssd.nl