Format:
1 online resource (238 pages)
ISBN:
9780511155376
Series Statement:
African Studies v.99
Content:
A social and economic history of Mauritius of interest to scholars of slavery and plantation systems, first published in 1999.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Maps -- Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Note on currencies -- Other books in the series -- Introduction -- Creating a garden of sugar: land, labor, and capital, 1721-1936 -- Part 1: Labor and labor relations -- A state of continual disquietude and hostility: maroonage and slave labor, 1721-1835 -- Indentured labor and the legacy of maroonage: illegal absence, desertion, and vagrancy, 1835-1900 -- Part 2: Land and the mobilization of domestic capital -- Becoming an appropriated people: the rise of the free population of color, 1729-1830 -- The general desire to possess land: ex-apprentices and the post-emancipation era, 1839-1851 -- The regenerators of agricultural prosperity: Indian immigrants and their descendants, 1834-1936 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521641258
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521641258
Language:
English
Keywords:
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