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- catalog abstract ""In this wide-ranging social and economic history of Mauritius, from its permanent settlement in 1721 to the beginnings of modern political life in the mid-1930s, Richard Allen discusses the important role of domestic capital in shaping the island's development as a sugar colony. He describes the changing relationship between the sugar industry and different elements in Mauritian society - slaves, free persons of color and East Indian indentured laborers - and shows how these were shaped by demographic change, world markets, and local institutions."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11499550.
- catalog coverage "Mauritius Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Mauritius Social conditions.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""In this wide-ranging social and economic history of Mauritius, from its permanent settlement in 1721 to the beginnings of modern political life in the mid-1930s, Richard Allen discusses the important role of domestic capital in shaping the island's development as a sugar colony. He describes the changing relationship between the sugar industry and different elements in Mauritian society - slaves, free persons of color and East Indian indentured laborers - and shows how these were shaped by demographic change, world markets, and local institutions."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Creating a garden of sugar: land, labor, and capital, 1721-1936 -- Pt. 1. Labor and labor relations -- 2. A state of continual disquietude and hostility: maroonage and slave labor, 1721-1835 -- 3. Indentured labor and the legacy of maroonage: illegal absence, desertion, and vagrancy, 1835-1900 -- Pt. 2. Land and the mobilization of domestic capital -- 4. Becoming an appropriated people: the rise of the free population of color, 1729-1830 -- 5. The general desire to possess land: ex-apprentices and the post-emancipation era, 1839-1851 -- 6. The regenerators of agricultural prosperity: Indian immigrants and their descendants, 1834-1936.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 221 p., maps ;".
- catalog identifier "052164125X".
- catalog isPartOf "African studies series ; 99".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Mauritius Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Mauritius Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Mauritius".
- catalog spatial "Mauritius.".
- catalog subject "330.96982 21".
- catalog subject "Freedmen Mauritius.".
- catalog subject "HD8039.S852 M453 1999".
- catalog subject "Plantation life Mauritius History.".
- catalog subject "Slavery Mauritius History.".
- catalog subject "Slavery Mauritius.".
- catalog subject "Slaves Emancipation Mauritius History.".
- catalog subject "Sugar trade Mauritius History.".
- catalog subject "Sugar workers Mauritius History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Creating a garden of sugar: land, labor, and capital, 1721-1936 -- Pt. 1. Labor and labor relations -- 2. A state of continual disquietude and hostility: maroonage and slave labor, 1721-1835 -- 3. Indentured labor and the legacy of maroonage: illegal absence, desertion, and vagrancy, 1835-1900 -- Pt. 2. Land and the mobilization of domestic capital -- 4. Becoming an appropriated people: the rise of the free population of color, 1729-1830 -- 5. The general desire to possess land: ex-apprentices and the post-emancipation era, 1839-1851 -- 6. The regenerators of agricultural prosperity: Indian immigrants and their descendants, 1834-1936.".
- catalog title "Slaves, freedmen, and indentured laborers in colonial Mauritius / Richard B. Allen.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".