04246nam 2200745 a 450 991077851800332120200520144314.01-282-40127-0978661240127590-474-2916-8(CKB)1000000000821667(EBL)467681(OCoLC)644523582(SSID)ssj0000333837(PQKBManifestationID)11295163(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333837(PQKBWorkID)10378170(PQKB)11497456(MiAaPQ)EBC467681(OCoLC)312444889(nllekb)BRILL9789047429166(Au-PeEL)EBL467681(CaPaEBR)ebr10349247(CaONFJC)MIL240127(PPN)174391102(EXLCZ)99100000000082166720090224d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAbacus and mah jong[electronic resource] Sino-Mauritian settlement and economic consolidation /by Marina Carter and James Ng Foong KwongLeiden ;Boston Brill20091 online resource (272 p.)European expansion and indigenous response,1873-8974 ;v. 1Description based upon print version of record.90-04-17572-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and index.Preliminary Material /M. Carter --Introduction /M. Carter --Chapter One. Slaves, Convicts, Field Workers And Artisans: The Chinese In The Colonial Labour Diasporas /M. Carter --Chapter Two. The Celestial Shopkeeper: The Growth Of A Chinese Commercial Class In Mauritius /M. Carter --Chapter Three. Expansion And Diversification: Sino-Mauritians And Economic Development /M. Carter --Chapter Four. Managing Identity: The Politics Of Community Formation And Networking /M. Carter --Chapter Five. The Construction Of Community: Family, Kin, Social Networks /M. Carter --Chapter Six. Sino-Mauritians In The Making Of A Multi-Ethnic Society /M. Carter --Conclusion /M. Carter --Appendix One. Occupations Of The Population Of Chinese Origin, 1901 /M. Carter --Appendix Two. The Distribution Of The Chinese Population In The Districts Of Mauritius, 1921 /M. Carter --Appendix Three. The Urbanisation Of The Population Of Chinese Origin In Mauritius, 1952 /M. Carter --Appendix Four. Two Of Many: Case Studies Of Sino-Mauritians /M. Carter --Bibliography /M. Carter --Index /M. Carter.This work aims to engage with the complexities surrounding evaluations of ethnic and national identity - a focus of recent interest by scholars from a range of disciplines including political science, anthropology and economics - through a case study of Chinese migration to and settlement in Mauritius. The book investigates the complex mechanisms and processes involved in the transplantation of groups of people within the colonial context, and in particular seeks to create a tableau within which the construction of a mythology of migration is set against the realities of negotiation and communication with the wider society.European expansion and indigenous response ;v. 1.ChineseMauritiusEthnic identityChineseMauritiusEconomic conditionsChineseMauritiusSocial life and customsLand settlement patternsMauritiusHistoryEconomic developmentMauritiusHistoryMauritiusColonizationMauritiusEconomic conditionsMauritiusRace relationsChineseEthnic identity.ChineseEconomic conditions.ChineseSocial life and customs.Land settlement patternsHistory.Economic developmentHistory.305.895/106982Carter Marina1582419Ng Foong Kwong James1582420MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778518003321Abacus and mah jong3864778UNINA