Coolies of the empire : indentured Indians in the sugar colonies, 1830-1920 /

"Focuses on the overseas Indians who left their homeland to work on colonial sugar plantations during the 19th and early 20th centuries under the indenture system, introduced in the British Empire subsequent to the abolition of slavery in 1833"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ashutosh Kumar, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Temas:
East Indians > Caribbean Area > History.
Indentured servants > India > History.
Sugar plantations > Caribbean Area > History.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign > Caribbean Area > History.
East Indian diaspora > History.
Main-d'œuvre engagée à long terme > Inde > Histoire.
Travailleurs agricoles étrangers > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) > Pays étrangers > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign
British colonies
East Indian diaspora
East Indians
Emigration and immigration
Indentured servants
Sugar plantations
Society.
India > Emigration and immigration > History.
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
Caribbean Area
India
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: indentured emigrants in the literature
  • Naukari, network and indenture
  • Regulating indenture
  • The journey
  • Agriculture and culture between two worlds
  • Writing the Girmitiya experience
  • The end of the indenture system
  • Conclusion.

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