{"product_id":"beyond-indenture-agency-and-resistance-in-the-colonial-south-asian-diaspora-hardback-9781009339797","title":"Beyond Indenture; Agency and Resistance in the Colonial South Asian Diaspora (Hardback) 9781009339797","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeyond Indenture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAgency and Resistance in the Colonial South Asian Diaspora\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the lives of indentured Indians who fought against the odds to build new lives overseas following the expiration of their contracts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCrispin Bates (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009339797, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e412 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Beyond Indenture brings together complex tales of agency and resistance by the globally migrant labour force since the days of colonial empires. Instead of focusing on the well-known labour exploitation by officials, planters, and other types of employers, this work explores the stories of workers. It covers a wide range of issues, from resistance to derogatory conditions of employment, including the cases of poisoning of employers of domestic servants. Once a subject of crime thrillers, this has become a domain of exploration by historians. It highlights issues of remigration, a fascinating effort of workers to improve their living conditions. The point of domestic intimacy, new forms of families in plantations, caste mobility and stories of Eurasian labourers add a new dimension to the complex historiography of indentured workers. Finally, the book covers the complex post-colonial political developments in societies with complex demographic mosaics due to indentured workers. As an editor, Crispin Bates weaves a synthetic introduction that captures the huge complexities of indentured migration from its inception to its post-colonial legacies and that demonstrates his mastery over this subaltern narrative. The book is a must-read for all those engaged in studying labour history.' Subho Basu, McGill University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBeyond Indenture brings together original essays by a mix of experienced and upcoming scholars. They reflect, as far as possible, the viewpoints and voices of indentured Indians who exercised agency, resisted and manipulated the colonial labour system to their advantage, and went on to build new lives for themselves overseas following the expiry of their contracts. Some remigrated to other colonies to earn a better wage and escape from debt and other burdens. Among those who chose to remain, women played a prominent role in the struggle for rights, freedom and opportunities, achieving them in ways which often defied or redefined South Asian customs and traditions. Alongside the migrant labourers, 'passenger Indians' made their way to the sugar, tea and rubber colonies, and became clerks, teachers and shopkeepers. After independence, the Indian communities overseas faced newer problems, not least of which were discrimination and marginalisation. Some were forced to return home. Others built upon the experience of struggles in the colonial era to collectively mobilise. Another theme explored is that of the broad alliances of diasporic Indians and Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants who have been recently enabled by the internet to connect with each other and to reconnect with the countries from which they originated.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Crispin Bates\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Agency and Resistance: 1. Negotiating Power in Colonial Natal: Indentured Migrants in Natal, 1860–1911 Goolam Vahed\u003cbr\u003e 2. Stewed Plums, Baked Porridge and Flavoured Tea: Poisoning by Indian Domestic Servants in Colonial Natal Prinisha Badassy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Labour Resistance in Indenture Plantations in the Assam Valley Rana Pratap Behal\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Forgotten Narrative of the Satyagraha Campaign: The Treatment of Prisoners between 1907 and 1914 Kalpana Hiralal\u003cbr\u003e 5. Toilers across the Seas: Racial Discrimination and Political Assertion among Sikhs in Canada Chhanda Chatterjee\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Remigration: 6. The Remigration of Hindostanis from Surinam to India, 1878–1921 Chan E. S. Choenni\u003cbr\u003e 7. Not So Anchored: The Remigration of Indians within the Caribbean Region Lomarsh Roopnarine\u003cbr\u003e 8. On the Move: Remigration in the Indian Ocean, 1850–1906 Yoshina Hurgobin\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Gender and Family: 9. Intimate Lives on Rubber Plantations: The Textures of Indian Coolie Relations in British Malaya Arunima Datta\u003cbr\u003e 10. Labouring under the Law: Exploring the Agency of Indian Women under Indenture in Colonial Natal, 1860–1911 Nafisa Essop Sheik\u003cbr\u003e 11. Gujarati 'Passenger Indians' in the Eastern Cape since 1900: Business, Mobility, Caste and Community Sheetal Bhoola\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Eurasian Female Workforce and Imperial Britain: Harnessing Domestic Labour by People of Mixed Racial Descent Rochelle Almeida\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Legacies: 13. After the Long March: Colonial-Era 'Relief ' for Burma Indian Evacuees in Visakhapatnam District, 1942–1948 Emma C. Meyer\u003cbr\u003e 14. Opposing the Group Areas Act and Resisting Forced Displacement in Durban, South Africa Brij Maharaj\u003cbr\u003e 15. Indo-Fijians: From Agency to Abjection Brij V. Lal\u003cbr\u003e 16. New and Old Diasporas of South–South Asia: Sri Lanka and Cyber-Nationalism in Malaysia Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474971521304,"sku":"9781009339797","price":75.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009339797i.jpg?v=1785802229","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beyond-indenture-agency-and-resistance-in-the-colonial-south-asian-diaspora-hardback-9781009339797","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}