Radica Mahase

Why Should We Be Called 'Coolies'?

The End of Indian Indentured Labour

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the end of a labour system which lasted from 1838 until 1920 in various territories throughout the British Empire. It provides a comparative study of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system and shows the global interconnectedness of this abolition. Note: Not for sale in South Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 419g
• ISBN-13: 9780367676117
• ISBN-10: 0367676117
• Artikelnr.: 59988250

Autorenporträt

Radica Mahase is Senior Lecturer, History, at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago. She has a PhD, History from UWI, St. Augustine and a MA in Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a Commonwealth Visiting Scholar at the University of Manchester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Indian Indentureship in Context 2. Imperialist Structures
3. 'Resistance from Within': Labourer's Resistance against Indentureship 4.
Fighting the System: Middle-class Indian Protests in Labour-importing
Territories 5. Why Should We Be Called 'Coolies'?: Agitation in the 'Mother
Country' 6. Imperial Reconsiderations, Policy and Abolition 7. Conclusion