Nandini Boodia-Canoo

Slavery, Indenture and the Law

Assembling a Nation in Colonial Mauritius

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses historical issues of colonialism and race, which influenced the formation of multicultural society in Mauritius. It presents a legal analysis of core historical events, drawing on an in-depth examination of the two labour systems through which the island came to be populated: slavery and indentured labour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781032322056
• ISBN-10: 1032322055
• Artikelnr.: 71236697

Autorenporträt

Nandini Boodia-Canoo is a lawyer and an academic. Her scholarship is interdisciplinary, covering law, history, international relations and sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Historical Background
Part I: SlaveryChapter 3: The Abolition of the Slave Trade
Chapter 4: The Abolition of Slavery
Part II: Indentured LabourChapter 5: Informal Indenture and Apprenticeships
Chapter 6: State-Regulated Indenture and The Emergence of an Indian
Peasantry
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Bibliography