Voices from Indenture
Voices from Indenture
Summary
This work provides a reappraisal of 19th-century Indian migrations which challenges accepted notions of the post-slavery Indian diaspora in the British Empire. The study draws parallels with the study of the European experience of migration.
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Voices from Indenture by Marina Carter
This volume reappraises existing views of the characteristics of 19th-century Indian indentured migrations, and challenges accepted notions of the post-slavery Indian diaspora in the British Empire. Paying particular attention to Mauritius, the largest recipient of indentured labour, the author utilizes sources including the letters, petitions and depositions of the migrants themselves. These documents highlight the indenture experience: the migrants' perception of their migration, of the community from which they came as well as the one which they had joined, and the huge range of emotions thrown up by their experience - their frustration, their disappointment, the pain of separation from relatives. The Indian indenture experience is shown to have parallels with that of the European migrants who moved to America and Australia, whose histories have been similarly studied through "letters home". In this work, use is made of new sources to show that the differences between Indian and European diasporas may not be as great as the similarities.Marina Carter obtained her doctorate in history at the University of Oxford. She was a Research Fellow working on the Indian Uprising in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and is currently an Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh University's Centre for South Asian Studies.
She has published extensively in the field of Asian migration and in particular on the Mascarene Islands. Her publications include Abacus & Mah Jong: Chinese Settlement and Socio-Economic Consolidation in Mauritius (2009) with J. Ng Foong Kwong, Coolitude: An Anthology of the Indian Labour Diaspora (2002) with Khal Toorabully and Voices from Indenture: Experiences of Indian Migrants in the British Empire (1996).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780718500313 |
| ISBN 10 | 0718500318 |
| Title | Voices from Indenture |
| Author | Marina Carter |
| Series | New Historical Perspectives On Migration S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1996-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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