THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND FOR RICH PEASANTS - MUKMIN,KASAN UPRISING IN GEDANGAN, EAST JAVA, 1904

Small-scale conflicts between peasants and the forces of colonial gove rnment in Java after 1870 are seen by some scholars as a precursor of the modern political struggle for freedom. Focusing on an incident in East Java in 1904, this paper argues that such a view is often mislead ing, and that a very different scenario emerges when the economic and social forces that lead to small uprisings are closely examined.