Machine generated contents note: I. The company as a territorial power -- Intrusion into the hinterland -- Retreat of princely authority -- Territorial demarcation and hierarchical structuring -- The Priangan highlands as a frontier -- Clearing the land for cultivation -- The composite peasant household -- Higher and lower-ranking chiefs -- Rendering servitude -- Peasants and their lords in the early-colonial era -- II. The introduction of forced cultivation -- A colonial mode of production -- From free trade to forced delivery -- The start of coffee cultivation -- Increasing the tribute -- Coercion and desertion -- Indigenous management -- Under the Company's control -- Tardy population growth -- Tackling `cultivation delinquency' -- III. From trading company to state enterprise -- Clashing interests -- Failing management -- After the fall of the VOC -- A conservative reformer -- Strengthening the government apparatus -- Social restructuring -- Stepping up corvee services.