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

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.Description: xvi, 320 pages : figures, maps, tables ; 24 cmISBN:

9781107147959

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DDC classification:

909.049 23 ASH

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.

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"--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	909.049 ASH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36417

"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"--

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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