The Origin of Plural Society in Jakarta

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10.2991/978-2-494069-63-3_4How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Tarumanegara; Kalapa; Jayakarta; Batavia; Tugu; Social; History

Abstract

This paper attempts to narrate the glimpse history of the origin of plural society in Jakarta. Using library research, it will discuss the rise of Sunda and the growth of Batavia. During nineteen hundred years, Jakarta received a lot of foreigners. They were merchants, workers, adventurers, or political administrators. Sometimes, they lived with their sons there and did not go back to their home countries. From earlier century, Tarumanegara had cultivated some agrarian products and attracted Chinese merchants to come and trade. Similarly, Sunda could utilise the natural potential to invite Indian and Sumatranese merchants to come. However the geopolitics of Java during the 16th century was not stable but Sunda succeeded to establish friendly trade with the Portuguese. The Islamic domination forced the Sundanese to submit their sovereignty. Under the Islamic rule, Jayakarta could resemble the fame of Kalapa as the main port in West Java. The chief of Jayakarta used the free trade to gain huge profit from all commercial activities. He permitted the Dutch to establish their trading post, later known as Batavia. The Dutch in Batavia began to monopolise the Asian trade. They imported Chinese workers and forced Indonesian labours to serve the Dutch daily needs. The Dutch, through Batavia, had changed the social world of Jakarta. The Dutch left various races in Jakarta. Today, we still find some foreign villages in Jakarta, for instance, Arabian village of Pekojan or Chinese village of Pecinan. During the centuries, global interaction in Jakarta was not merely in peace but sometimes a powerful side forced the weakness by arms.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Andhika Yudha Pratama
AU  - Daya Negri Wijaya
AU  - Heni Masruroh
AU  - Evania Yafie
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/26
TI  - The Origin of Plural Society in Jakarta
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Knowledge Sciences and Education (ICSKSE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 27
EP  - 32
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-63-3_4
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-63-3_4
ID  - Pratama2022
ER  -