Carrying dreams to the colonizer’s country: the historical experiences of the Algemeene Middelbare School A-1 Eastern literature intellectual network in crossing oceans in the colonial era

This article aims to examine the historical experience of the intellectual network of the major of Eastern Literature at the Algemeene Middelbare School (AMS) A-1 sailing across the oceans to study in the Netherlands from the perspective of maritime and technological history. Using the historical method, it is known that alumni from the AMS A-1 have realized this dream of becoming an intellectual by continuing their studies in law and philology in the colonizer’s country. The young natives put their lives on the line and held back their longing, determined to board a ship from the Dutch East I... Mehr ...