web resource

[Doug Millison]

 Multatuli Museum
http://www.multatuli-museum.nl/en/

Presented and maintained by the Multatuli Museum in Amsterdam, this site
showcases the life and work of Eduard Douwes Dekker, aka Multatuli. A
celebrated nineteenth century author, Multatuli started out as a functionary
in the Dutch East Indies export and import business, only to be disgusted by
the inhumane treatment of the natives. Reacting to conditions there,
Multatuli produced a novel, entitled _Max Havelaar_, that became both an
overnight success and a rallying point for European free-thinkers of his
day, especially socialists and anarchists. Beyond a brief biography and a
complete bibliography, the site also presents the activities of the
Multatuli Society of Amsterdam, which promotes study of their namesake
through the publication of a biannual review, as well as by sponsoring a
biannual essay contest of current scholarship. [WH]

...from The Scout Report -- April 12, 2002