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Creating the Creole Island : slavery in eighteenth-century Mauritius /

Mauritius was uninhabited until the arrival of the first colonists in the late 16th century. This book traces the history of immigration to the island & the complex creole society that developed from the mixing of European, African & Indian peoples.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vaughan, Megan, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the beginning
  • Engineering a colony, 1735-1767
  • Enlightenment colonialism and its limits, 1767-1789
  • Roots and routes : ethnicity without origins
  • A baby in the salt pans : mothering slavery
  • Love in the torrid zone
  • Reputation, recognition, and race
  • Speaking slavery : language and loss
  • Métissage and revolution
  • Sugar, and abolition.