UID:
almahu_9949701128002882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789047429166
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2009
Content:
This work aims to engage with the complexities surrounding evaluations of ethnic and national identity - a focus of recent interest by scholars from a range of disciplines including political science, anthropology and economics - through a case study of Chinese migration to and settlement in Mauritius. The book investigates the complex mechanisms and processes involved in the transplantation of groups of people within the colonial context, and in particular seeks to create a tableau within which the construction of a mythology of migration is set against the realities of negotiation and communication with the wider society.
Note:
Preliminary Material /
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Introduction /
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Chapter One. Slaves, Convicts, Field Workers And Artisans: The Chinese In The Colonial Labour Diasporas /
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Chapter Two. The Celestial Shopkeeper: The Growth Of A Chinese Commercial Class In Mauritius /
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Chapter Three. Expansion And Diversification: Sino-Mauritians And Economic Development /
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Chapter Four. Managing Identity: The Politics Of Community Formation And Networking /
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Chapter Five. The Construction Of Community: Family, Kin, Social Networks /
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Chapter Six. Sino-Mauritians In The Making Of A Multi-Ethnic Society /
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Conclusion /
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Appendix One. Occupations Of The Population Of Chinese Origin, 1901 /
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Appendix Two. The Distribution Of The Chinese Population In The Districts Of Mauritius, 1921 /
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Appendix Three. The Urbanisation Of The Population Of Chinese Origin In Mauritius, 1952 /
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Appendix Four. Two Of Many: Case Studies Of Sino-Mauritians /
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Bibliography /
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Index /
Additional Edition:
Abacus and mah jong ISBN 9789004175723 (hc : alk. paper)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004175725
Language:
English
