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ISBN 13 | 9789766401214 |
ISBN 10 | 9766401217 |
Author | Verene A Shepherd |
Language | English |
Book Description | Following the abolition of slavery in the Caribbean, a concerted effort was made to replace enslaved labour with indentured Indian labour. This is the story of one Indian woman's tragic experience in trying to immigrate to the Caribbean in the 19th c |
About the Author | Verene A. Shepherd is Professor of History, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Her major books include Transients to Settlers: The Experience of Indians in Jamaica, 1845-1950; Women in Caribbean History; Engendering History: Caribbean Women in Historical Perspective, edited with Bridget Brereton and Barbara Bailey; Working Slavery, Pricing Freedom: Perspectives from the Caribbean, Africa and the African Diaspora (ed.); Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World: A Student Reader, edited with Hilary Beckles; and Questioning Creole: Creolisation Discourses in Caribbean Culture, edited with Glen Richards. |
Publication Date | 31 October 2002 |
Number of Pages | 160 pages |
Maharani's Misery: Narratives of a Passage from India