Abacus and mah jong : Sino-Mauritian settlement and economic consolidation / by Marina Carter and James Ng Foong Kwong.
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TextSeries: European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 1.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
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- 9789004175723
- 9789047429166
- 9047429168
- 1282401270
- 9781282401273
- 9786612401275
- 6612401273
- Chinese -- Mauritius -- Ethnic identity
- Chinese -- Mauritius -- Economic conditions
- Chinese -- Mauritius -- Social life and customs
- Land settlement patterns -- Mauritius -- History
- Economic development -- Mauritius -- History
- Mauritius -- Colonization
- Mauritius -- Economic conditions
- Mauritius -- Race relations
- Chinois -- Identité ethnique -- Île Maurice
- Chinois -- Île Maurice -- Conditions économiques
- Chinois -- Île Maurice -- Mœurs et coutumes
- Colonisation intérieure -- Types -- Île Maurice -- Histoire
- Développement économique -- Île Maurice -- Histoire
- Île Maurice -- Colonisation
- Île Maurice -- Conditions économiques
- Île Maurice -- Relations raciales
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
- 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
- Mauritius
- Chinesen
- Ethnische Identität
- Nationalbewusstsein
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Mauritius
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- DT469.M445 C554 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index.
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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.
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.
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.
English.
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