| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 1 |
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European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 1
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| Contents |
Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Slaves, Convicts, Field Workers and Artisans: The Chinese in the Colonial Labour Diasporas; Chapter Two The 'Celestial Shopkeeper': The Growth of a Chinese Commercial Class in Mauritius; Chapter Three Expansion and Diversifi cation: Sino-Mauritians and Economic Development; Chapter Four Managing Identity: t e Politics of Community Formation and Networking; Chapter Five t e Construction of Community: Family, Kin, Social Networks; Chapter Six Sino-Mauritians in the Making of a Multi-Ethnic Society |
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Conclusion (Appendices)Appendix One Occupations of the Population of Chinese Origin, 1901; Appendix Two t e Distribution of the Chinese Population in the Districts of Mauritus, 1921; Appendix Three The Urbanisation of the Population of Chinese Origin in Mauritius, 1952; Appendix Four Two of Many: Case Studies of Sino-Mauritians; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This case study of Chinese settlement in Mauritius investigates the complexities of colonial diasporas and sets the construction of a mythology of migration against the realities of the processes of negotiation and communication with the larger society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Mauritius -- Economic conditions.
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Chinese -- Mauritius -- Ethnic identity.
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Chinese -- Mauritius -- Social life and customs.
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Economic development -- Mauritius -- History.
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Land settlement patterns -- Mauritius -- History.
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Mauritius -- Colonization.
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Mauritius -- Economic conditions.
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Mauritius -- Race relations.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ng Foong Kwong, James.
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| LC no. |
2009008001 |
| ISBN |
1282401270 |
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9004175725 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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9047429168 (electronic bk.) |
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9781282401273 |
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9789004175723 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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9789047429166 (electronic bk.) |
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