To obtain the necessary capital, the colonial state gave the private companies, to a large extent, a free hand.

The colonial state was not only overdeveloped as a whole.

Now we are living through the collapse of many of these former colonial states.

Health care, too, was largely supported by the missions, although the colonial state took an increasing interest.

They show a strong sense of Christian symbolism and ethical concern for being a white person in a colonial state.

The town became fully incorporated into the colonial state.

The cultivation system was primarily implemented in Java, the center of the colonial state.

In agriculture, too, the colonial state forced a drastic rationalisation of production.

It is very much reminiscent of the behaviour of colonial states.

Looking for middle-class employment and social privileges, they challenged existing relationships within the colonial state.