1st Edition
Why Should We Be Called ‘Coolies’? The End of Indian Indentured Labour
By Radica Mahase
Copyright 2021
222 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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What are the dynamics of the abolition of the Indian indentureship system? Why was it ended? Who were the main players in the final end of the labour scheme? Were Indian labourers and/or the Indian middle classes actively involved in the processes leading towards complete abolition? This book examines the end of a labour system which lasted from 1838 until 1920 in various territories throughout... Read more
Introduction 1. Indian Indentureship in Context 2. Imperialist Structures 3. ‘Resistance from Within’: Labourer’s Resistance against Indentureship 4. Fighting the System: Middle-class Indian Protests in Labour-importing Territories 5. Why Should We Be Called ‘Coolies’?: Agitation in the ‘Mother Country’ 6. Imperial Reconsiderations, Policy and Abolition 7. Conclusion
Biography
Radica Mahase is Senior Lecturer, History, at the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago. She has a PhD, History from UWI, St. Augustine and a MA in Indian History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a Commonwealth Visiting Scholar at the University of Manchester.
