Convicts in the Indian Ocean e-bog
875,33 DKK
(inkl. moms 1094,16 DKK)
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. Drawi...
E-bog
875,33 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
27 januar 2000
Genrer
Penology and punishment
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780230596542
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.