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This case study of Chinese settlement in Mauritius investigates the complexities of colonial diasporas and sets the construction of a mythology of migration against the realities of the processes of negotiation and communication with the larger society.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carter, Marina
Otros Autores: Ng Foong Kwong, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 1.
Temas:
Chinese > Mauritius > Ethnic identity.
Chinese > Mauritius > Economic conditions.
Chinese > Mauritius > Social life and customs.
Land settlement patterns > Mauritius > History.
Economic development > Mauritius > History.
Chinois > Identité ethnique > Île Maurice.
Chinois > Île Maurice > Conditions économiques.
Chinois > Île Maurice > Mœurs et coutumes.
Colonisation intérieure > Types > Île Maurice > Histoire.
Développement économique > Île Maurice > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Chinese > Economic conditions
Chinese > Ethnic identity
Chinese > Social life and customs
Colonization
Economic development
Economic history
Land settlement patterns
Race relations
Chinesen
Ethnische Identität
Nationalbewusstsein
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Mauritius > Colonization.
Mauritius > Economic conditions.
Mauritius > Race relations.
Île Maurice > Colonisation.
Île Maurice > Conditions économiques.
Île Maurice > Relations raciales.
Mauritius
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Slaves, Convicts, Field Workers and Artisans: The Chinese in the Colonial Labour Diasporas; Chapter Two The 'Celestial Shopkeeper': The Growth of a Chinese Commercial Class in Mauritius; Chapter Three Expansion and Diversifi cation: Sino-Mauritians and Economic Development; Chapter Four Managing Identity: t e Politics of Community Formation and Networking; Chapter Five t e Construction of Community: Family, Kin, Social Networks; Chapter Six Sino-Mauritians in the Making of a Multi-Ethnic Society.
  • Conclusion (Appendices)Appendix One Occupations of the Population of Chinese Origin, 1901; Appendix Two t e Distribution of the Chinese Population in the Districts of Mauritus, 1921; Appendix Three The Urbanisation of the Population of Chinese Origin in Mauritius, 1952; Appendix Four Two of Many: Case Studies of Sino-Mauritians; Bibliography; Index.

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