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Agung Ismawarno
History Department, Diponegoro University
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PRIVATE LANDHOLDINGS AND PLANTATION CAPITAL: MICHIELS–ARNOLD LANDEN IN EASTERN BUITENZORG (1887–1942) Agung Ismawarno; Singgih Tri Sulistiyono; Yety Rochwulaningsih; Haryono Rinardi
Satmata: Journal of Historical Education Studies Vol. 4 No. 2 (2026): October: Satmata: Journal of Historical Education Studies
Publisher : CV. Fahr Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61677/satmata.v4i2.963

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This study examines the role of private landholdings (tanah partikelir) as a key foundation for plantation capital accumulation through a case study of the Michiels–Arnold Landen company in Eastern Buitenzorg from 1887 to 1942. It highlights the importance of private land in shaping Java’s colonial agrarian structure, where land functioned not only as an economic asset but also as an instrument of juridical, fiscal, and administrative power. Addressing the limitations of macro-oriented agrarian historiography, this research focuses on local-level land management practices. Using historical methods with agrarian history and colonial political economy approaches, the study draws on land archives, government reports, concession maps, and company records. The findings show that private landholdings enabled land consolidation, regulated plantation production, and facilitated labor and social control more flexibly than state land. This study concludes that private landholdings served as both an economic base and a mechanism of colonial power that produced long-term agrarian inequality.
Co-Authors Haryono Rinardi Singgih Tri Sulistiyono Yety Rochwulaningsih