Basdeo Mangru

The Elusive El Dorado

Essays on the Indian Experience in Guyana

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Produktbeschreibung

The Elusive El Dorado is a thoroughly researched collection of essays on the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean. This fascinating book focuses mainly on the indenture and post-indenture historical periods. It includes a list of emigrant ships, with dates of arrival that landed in Guyana from Calcutta and Madras. Indians interested in researching their roots will find this information invaluable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9780761832478
• ISBN-10: 0761832475
• Artikelnr.: 22030542

Autorenporträt

By Basdeo Mangru

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Map/Illustration Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter
4 Stifled at Birth: Private Emigration from the Bombay Presidency Chapter 5
Disparity in Emigration from Calcutta and Madras Chapter 6 Hook Swinging,
the Fertility Ritual Chapter 7 The Problem of Indian Wife Murders Chapter 8
The Return Passage Entitlement Chapter 9 Race Relations in the Indenture
Period Chapter 10 The Redoubtable Bechu Chapter 11 C.V. Andrew, Impressions
of British Guiana: An Analysis Chapter 12 Appendices I-V Chapter 13 Select
Bibliography Chapter 14 Index

Rezensionen

A well-researched book dealing with issues confronting East Indian immigrants as they sought to establish themselves in a new country. -- Dr. Tyran Ramnarine [This book] will fill in blanks and have an appeal to historians, educators and students, and concerned Guyanese to help form a holistic understanding of the humanity of our people in the Caribbean and Guyana in particular. -- Dr. Gary Girdhari Dr. Mangru's scholarship is marked by unfailing rigour and deep empathy. -- Dr. Clem Seecharran