Convicts in the Indian Ocean
Subtitle: transportation from South Asia to Mauritius, 1815-53
By: Clare Anderson.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Prisoners, Transportation of -- East Indians -- History -- 19th century; Penal colonies -- Mauritius -- History -- 19th century; East Indians -- Mauritius -- History -- 19th century
Description: "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, the book examines the origins of the convicts and their organization as forced labourers. It also shows how convicts experienced transportation and integrated into the Mauritian social and economic fabric."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Edingburgh)