Fragments of Empire
Subtitle: Capital, Slavery, and Indian Indentured Labor Migration in the British Caribbean (Critical Histories)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780812234671
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Cultural studies; Labour economics; Slavery & emancipation; Slavery; History: World; Labor Market; Social Science; History - General History; Labor supply; Caribbean islands; Indentured servants; Anthropology - Cultural; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Europe - Great Britain - General; Caribbean Area; History; India
First sentence: THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES on the initial scheme for importing Indian laborers for plantations in British Guiana, its reception and course, and introduces some of the debates and characters that have animated accounts, memories and histories of the migration.