LEADER 04115oam 2200541M 450 001 9910150338603321 005 20210409103241.0 010 $a1-315-27202-4 010 $a1-351-98683-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315272023 035 $a(CKB)3710000000932834 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4741998 035 $a970389279 035 $a(OCoLC)1100700323 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1100700323 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315272023 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000932834 100 $a20171024d2016 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Legacy of Indian Indenture $eHistorical and Contemporary Aspects of Migration and Diaspora /$fedited by Maurits S. Hassankhan, Lomarsh Roopnarine, Hans Ramsoedh 205 $a1st edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (243 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-138-28052-6 311 $a1-351-98684-8 327 $apt. 1. Indenture in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean -- pt. 2. Re-examining indenture and the migration experience -- pt. 3. Ethnicity and politics -- pt. 4. Health, medicine and spirituality. 330 $aThis book is the second publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past, present and future, which was organised in June 2013, by the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research (IGSR), Anton de Kom University of Suriname. The articles are grouped in four sections. Section one concentrates on indenture in the Caribbean and the IndianOcean and includes four diverse, but inter-related chapters and contributions. These reveal some newly- emerging, impressive trends in the study of indenture, essentially departing from the over used neo-slave scholarship. Not only are new concepts explored and analysed, but this section also raises unavoidable questions on previously published studies on indenture. Section two shows that there are many areas that need to be re-examined and explored in the study of indenture. The chapters in this section re-examine personal narratives of indentured labourers, the continuous connection between the Caribbean and India as well as education and Christianization of Indians in Trinidad. The result is impressive. The analysis of personal accounts or voices of indentured servants themselves certainly provides an alternative perception to archival information written mostly by the organizers of indenture. Section three in this volume focuses on ethnicity and politics. In segmented societies like Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago institutional politics and political mobilization are mainly ethnically based. In Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana this has led to ethnic and political tensions. These themes are explored in these three articles. Section four addresses health, medicine and spirituality - themes which, until recently, have received little attention. The first article examines the historical impact of colonialism through indentureship, on the health, health alternatives and health preferences of Indo-Trinidadians, from the period between 1845 to the present. The second examines the use of protective talismans by Indian indentured labourers and their descendants. Little or no psychological research has been done on the spiritual world of Indian immigrants, enslaved Africans and their respective descendants, with special reference to the use of talismans. 606 $aEast Indian diaspora 606 $aEast Indians$zForeign countries$xSocial conditions 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEast Indian diaspora. 615 0$aEast Indians$xSocial conditions. 676 $a305.9069120973 702 $aHassankhan$b Maurits S. 702 $aRoopnarine$b Lomarsh 702 $aRamsoedh$b Hans$f1954- 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150338603321 996 $aThe Legacy of Indian Indenture$92883812 997 $aUNINA