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Acknowledgments This study could not have been made without help from many quarters. No one can write on Indonesia's colonial history without acknowledging an immense debt to the Dutch archivists and historians, and in particular to the late Drs. F. de Haan and J. A. van der Chijs. Nor can I begin without acknowledging the help of Dr. John R. W. Smail of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who guided me over a long period of research and writing. He was a most careful critic, and his stimulating perspective and relish for the English language cannot be forgotten. lowe him the special debt of student to mentor. During my student days at Wisconsin, Mr. John Little and Mr. Mathew Charles elucidated many Dutch terms for me, while Dr. Bana Kartasasmita and Mr. Toenggoel Siagian guided me in Indonesian and encouraged my interest in "Old Batavia." My thanks go to Dr. Bana also for assistance in preparing the photographs which accompany the text. I would like to thank Ms. Dorothee Buur, Reference Librarian of the Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde in Leiden, for her many kindnesses during my stay in the Netherlands . The staff of the Instituut library were particularly helpful to me. I thank, too, Professor Rob Nieuwenhuys and Dr. M. A. P. Meilink-Roelofsz, who set aside time to advise me in my studies; also Professors Paul W. Van der Veur and William Frederick of Ohio University, Professor Robert Frykenberg of the University of Wisconsin, and Mr. Giok-Po Oey of Cornell University Libraries . I wish particularly to acknowledge Dr. Robert Clodius, Ms. Janet Franke, and the late Mrs. Liesl Tarkow of the University of Wisconsin Indonesian Higher Education Projects, for whom it was a privilege to work. The University of Wisconsin Graduate School awarded me a fellowship and travel grant that allowed me to study in the Netherlands, for which I am properly grateful. I wish to thank also the staff of the University of Wisconsin Press, and particularly Ms. Mary Maraniss, for encouraging me to bring this text to print. And finally to my family: to my late father, the Reverend George Stewart Taylor, to my mother, Louisa Jean Taylor, and to my husband, Howard Gelman, my gratitude and sense ofobligation. XlII ...