Title: Transients to settlers
Description: "Contests the notion that East Indians in 19th- and 20th-century Jamaica lacked 'cultural visibility' and were the most depressed of the East Indian communities in the Caribbean. Demonstrates that they maintained a distinct cultural identity despite the marginal position that they were alloted in society, especially in the political sphere. Useful work"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: East Indians, Ethnic relations, History, Indentured servants, East indians, foreign countries, Jamaica, social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants
Places: Jamaica