sentences:  He is credited with coining the concept of the plural society and had a noted career as an influential historian of Southeast Asia, particularly of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) and British Burma.He published several books over a long career, including the influential "Colonial Policy and Practice" and wrote for more than 20 major journals, although his work is now criticized as being Eurocentric and biased in favor of continued colonialism.Furnivall was born on 14 February 1878 in Great Bentley, Essex in England.