Marina Carter

Abacus and Mah Jong: Sino-Mauritian Settlement and Economic Consolidation

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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.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Ng Foong Kwong, James

ISBN: 978-90-04-17572-3
EAN: 9789004175723
Produktnummer: 4910941
Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 257 S.
Masse: H24.6 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.1 cm 594 g
Reihenbandnummer: 1
Gewicht: 594

Über den Autor

Marina Carter obtained her doctorate at Oxford University and has published extensively on the social history of the Mascarene islands, including a number of monographs, co-authored volumes and a host of articles. James Ng Foong Kwong studied at the University of Reunion [France] where he produced two theses on the subject of Chinese migration to Mauritius. He co-authored Forging the Rainbow: Labour Immigrants in British Mauritius [Alfran, 1997].