Swiss Mercenaries in the Dutch East Indies Colonial Military Labour Markets, 1848-1914

Between 1848 and 1914 around 5,800 Swiss Mercenaries enlisted in the Dutch Colonial Army (KNIL) to fight in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). Following the traces of these mercenaries beyond the confines of the Dutch Empire, this book elucidates the complexities of the nineteenth-centur...

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Main Author:	Krauer, Philip (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Leiden University Press
Series:	Global Connections: Routes and Roots.
Subjects:	Social and cultural history. Colonialism and imperialism. HISTORY / Europe / Western. HISTORY / Military / Other. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism. Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare) History, Art History, and Archaeology HIS Colonial Studies COLONIAL Dutch and The Netherlands DUTCH NL Colonialism, Military History, Labour & Migration History, History of the Dutch East Indies, History of Switzerland, History of Indonesia

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