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David Fieldhouse
David Kenneth Fieldhouse, FBA (7 June 1925 – 28 October 2018) was an English historian of the British Empire who between 1981 and 1992 held the Vere Harmsworth Professorship of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge. Arguably the world's "leading imperial economic historian" he is most well known for his book, "Economics and Empire, 1830–1914" (1973), which offered a trenchant account of how political and strategic factors, rather than economic impulses, comprised the primary motors of European imperial
Djakarta. A statement issued by Serbuni claimed that the occupation was a reaction to "Konfrontasi", British imperialism, seizure of two Hajj ships and statements made by president Sukarno. The unionists were however expelled by local police. The union tried to occupy the Colibri factory in Surabaya on 25 January 1964, but were evicted by police. At Angke a joint supervisory committee with Serbuni representation was instituted by the police, whilst at Colibri control was handed back to the Unilever management.
David Kenneth Fieldhouse argues that Serbuni did not