ISBN:
9004175725
,
9789004175723
,
9789047429166
,
9047429168
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 257 pages)
,
illustrations, maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
European expansion and indigenous response v. 1
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Carter, Marina Abacus and mah jong
DDC:
305.895106982
Keywords:
Chinese Ethnic identity
;
Mauritius
;
Chinese Economic conditions
;
Mauritius
;
Chinese Social life and customs
;
Mauritius
;
Land settlement patterns History
;
Mauritius
;
Economic development History
;
Mauritius
;
Land settlement patterns History
;
Economic development History
;
Chinese Social life and customs
;
Chinese Ethnic identity
;
Chinese Economic conditions
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Chinese ; Economic conditions
;
Chinese ; Ethnic identity
;
Chinese ; Social life and customs
;
Colonization
;
Economic development
;
Economic history
;
Land settlement patterns
;
Race relations
;
Chinesen
;
Ethnische Identität
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Mauritius Colonization
;
Mauritius Economic conditions
;
Mauritius Race relations
;
Mauritius
;
Mauritius Race relations
;
Mauritius Colonization
;
Mauritius Economic conditions
;
Mauritius
;
Mauritius
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Conclusion (Appendices)Appendix One Occupations of the Population of Chinese Origin, 1901; Appendix Two t e Distribution of the Chinese Population in the Districts of Mauritus, 1921; Appendix Three The Urbanisation of the Population of Chinese Origin in Mauritius, 1952; Appendix Four Two of Many: Case Studies of Sino-Mauritians; Bibliography; Index.
Abstract:
Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One Slaves, Convicts, Field Workers and Artisans: The Chinese in the Colonial Labour Diasporas; Chapter Two The 'Celestial Shopkeeper': The Growth of a Chinese Commercial Class in Mauritius; Chapter Three Expansion and Diversifi cation: Sino-Mauritians and Economic Development; Chapter Four Managing Identity: t e Politics of Community Formation and Networking; Chapter Five t e Construction of Community: Family, Kin, Social Networks; Chapter Six Sino-Mauritians in the Making of a Multi-Ethnic Society.
Abstract:
This case study of Chinese settlement in Mauritius investigates the complexities of colonial diasporas and sets the construction of a mythology of migration against the realities of the processes of negotiation and communication with the larger society
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index. - Description based on print version record
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