En gros et en détail kooplieden (English: “Wholesale and retail merchants”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Acehnese wholesale-importers also act as middlemen for European textiles and as retailers—true ‘en gros et en détail’ merchants.
Translation
Wholesale and retail merchants
Description
Acehnese wholesale-importers also act as middlemen for European textiles and as retailers—true ‘en gros et en détail’ merchants.
Significance
The term En gros et en détail kooplieden is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. —.