Land and People 1
How the Indies Became the Dutch East Indies 20
The Place of the Indies in Asia 48
The Chinese 60
Heathenism and Popular Religion 67
The Diversity of Native Languages and Literature 77
Some Aspects of Native Art 87
Government and Islam 93
The Place of Christianity 101
The Conquest of Distance 116
The Conquest of Natural Resources．Western Energy and Technique 136
From Four to Forty Four Million Souls on Java 176
Welfare Policy 187
How the Dutch East Indies are governed 217
The Dutch East Indies as Purveyor and Customer on the World Market 227
The Dutch East Indies in Statistics 238