(Ebook) Concomitant Recital of a Prolonged Reign: Dilation of the Dutch Empire and Enticement of Ascendency, Delineating Batavia, Victim and Valedictorian by B.A. SIEPAN KHALIL , B.A. PAKINAM ZEID ISBN 9789053565179, 9053565175

(Ebook) Concomitant Recital of a Prolonged Reign: Dilation of the Dutch Empire and Enticement of Ascendency, Delineating Batavia, Victim and Valedictorian by B.A. SIEPAN KHALIL , B.A. PAKINAM ZEID ISBN 9789053565179, 9053565175

The VOC (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) was both the absolutist andthe pacifier as it sought to colonize Sunda Kelapa through the displacement ofindigenous population, architecture, and regimen; the VOC was deployedcatalyst to the marking of a golden era, roughly spanning the 17th centurythrough which architecture, trade, science, and military boomed, markingJakarta a resilient harbour to the world's finest trades. Batavia, modern dayJakarta, welded a myriad of names, endorsing its irrefutable paramount; oneof which, "Queen of the East", paraphrased an allusion to its urban beauty.Until its last derogatory stages, before the Dutch surrendered to the Japanese,the name Batavia ricocheted across the globe, as reverberation to itsresilience, urban beauty, varsity of cultures, and robust trade as the DutchEast India Company. The VOC has, unequivocally, paved the road ofprominence for the glorious city of Jakarta, manifesting a discourse of exalt.Analysing the egress and relinquishment of the Dutch Empire and itsappurtenant colony, delineating the urban tableau, a prevalent architecturalresplendence. The unravelling of holistic fabric through which urbanplanning, architectonics, politics and sociology interweave, meandering thegradual transition of the Dutch East Indies, yearning subordinate to Jakarta;the unwavering proclaimed prerogative.JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2019), 3(1), 161-174.https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4693