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Convicts in the Indian Ocean
Clare Anderson
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Description for Convicts in the Indian Ocean
hardcover. This book explores the context in which Indian convicts were transported to Mauritius after the British took control, and put to work building the infrastructure necessary to fuel the expansion of the sugar industry. It is shows how convicts experienced transportation and were integrated. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HSU; 3JH; HBJF; HBJH; HBLL; JKVP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
When the British took control of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius soon after the abolition of the slave trade, they were faced with a labour-hungry and potentially hostile Franco-Mauritian plantocracy. This book explores the context in which Indian convicts were transported to the island and put to work building the infrastructure necessary to fuel the expansion of the sugar industry. Drawing on hitherto unexplored archival material, it is shown how convicts experienced transportation and integrated into the Mauritian social and economic fabric.
When the British took control of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius soon after the abolition of the slave trade, they were faced with a labour-hungry and potentially hostile Franco-Mauritian plantocracy. This book explores the context in which Indian convicts were transported to the island and put to work building the infrastructure necessary to fuel the expansion of the sugar industry. Drawing on hitherto unexplored archival material, it is shown how convicts experienced transportation and integrated into the Mauritian social and economic fabric.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333761120
SKU
V9780333761120
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Clare Anderson
Clare Anderson is Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester.
Reviews for Convicts in the Indian Ocean
'Dr Anderson has written a scintillating, intelligent and readable book...' - M.N. Pearson, Lennox Head, Australia, The Northern Mariner 'Clare Anderson's book is the first detailed study of a hitherto neglected aspect of Mauritian history - the importation of convicts from India in the early 19th century - but it is also much more than this. Dr ... Read more