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Author Mahase, Radica, author

Title Why should we be called 'coolies'? : the end of Indian indentured labour / Radica Mahase
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021
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Summary What are the dynamics of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system? Why was it ended? Who were the main players in the final end of the labour scheme? Were Indian labourers and/or the Indian middle classes actively involved in the processes leading towards complete abolition? This book examines the end of a labour system which lasted from 1838 until 1920 in various territories throughout the British Empire. It looks at methods of agitations which had their genesis in the territories of the Indian Ocean and compare/contrast these with those of other territories such as the British West Indies. The volume provides a comparative study of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system and shows the global interconnectedness of abolition, with a strong subaltern focus. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes 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
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Subject Indentured servants -- Great Britain -- Colonies
East Indians -- Great Britain -- Colonies
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021762000
ISBN 1000294765
9781000294828
100029482X
9781000294798
100029479X
9781003131991
1003131999
9781000294767