This book studies Indian overseas labour migration in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which involved millions of Indians traversing the globe in the age of empire. It looks at how the migrants managed to survive and even flourish within the complex mesh of the indentured labour system.
This book studies Indian overseas labour migration in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which involved millions of Indians traversing the globe in the age of empire. It looks at how the migrants managed to survive and even flourish within the complex mesh of the indentured labour system.
Ashutosh Kumar is a postdoctoral Research Fellow on AHRC 'Becoming Coolies' Project at University of Leeds, United Kingdom. He completed his Ph.D. from University of Delhi. He was also Fellow at The Gilder Lehrman Centre for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale University, Connecticut, and at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla.
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List of figures and maps List of tables Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction: indentured emigrants in the literature 2. Naukari, network and indenture 3. Regulating indenture 4. The journey 5. Agriculture and culture between two worlds 6. Writing the girmitiya experience 7. The end of the indenture system 8. Conclusion Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index.
List of figures and maps List of tables Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction: indentured emigrants in the literature 2. Naukari, network and indenture 3. Regulating indenture 4. The journey 5. Agriculture and culture between two worlds 6. Writing the girmitiya experience 7. The end of the indenture system 8. Conclusion Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index.
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