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Coolies of the empire : indentured Indians in the sugar colonies, 1830-1920
- Title
- Coolies of the empire : indentured Indians in the sugar colonies, 1830-1920 / Ashutosh Kumar.
- Author
- Ashutosh Kumar, 1984-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 320 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-9567
- ISBN
- 9781107147959
- 1107147956
- LCCN
- 2017025772
- 40027506288
- OCLC
- 991819003
- Author
- Ashutosh Kumar, 1984- author.
- Title
- Coolies of the empire : indentured Indians in the sugar colonies, 1830-1920 / Ashutosh Kumar.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40027506288
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-9567