{"product_id":"girmitiyas-and-the-global-indian-diaspora-origins-memories-and-identity-hardback-9781009342612","title":"Girmitiyas and the Global Indian Diaspora; Origins, Memories, and Identity (Hardback) 9781009342612","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGirmitiyas and the Global Indian Diaspora\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOrigins, Memories, and Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines the challenges faced by migrant Indian labourers who settled in the former European plantation colonies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAshutosh Kumar (Edited by), Crispin Bates (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009342612, 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\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.703 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'Girmitiyas and the Global Indian Diaspora combines in-depth analysis of the history of indentured migrations from India and the many impacts to societies such as Fiji, South Africa, Surinam and Trinidad. Moving beyond mere quantitative studies of numbers and dusty colonial reports, the assembled essays tackle issues of recruitment, gender, ageing, citizenship, folklore, biography and anti-caste activism in girmitiya spaces across the globe. In doing so, this collection offers numerous insights into one of the most important facets of South Asian contributions to the making of the modern world.' Neilesh Bose, University of Victoria\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMany Indians journeyed out of India to supplant the loss of slave labour in the former European plantation colonies of Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji, and the Caribbean from the early nineteenth century onwards. This book aims to highlight the careers of these migrants who served as vital agents in building the global society of the twenty-first century. It explores the transformative experiences of those who migrated, and the memories of those who did not return after expiration of their contracts but chose instead to stay in their respective host countries. It describes the many challenges they faced — ageing in a society far from home, the loss of their formal Indian identity after Indian independence, their efforts to preserve a sense of community in the post-independence societies of South Africa and the Caribbean, and their adapting to the new political and social realities they faced as minorities in the countries in which their ancestors had adventurously determined to settle and live.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\/figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Crispin Bates and Ashutosh Kumar\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Origins: 1. 'Coolie Catching': The Recruitment of Indentured Women to Colonial Natal Kalpana Hiralal\u003cbr\u003e 2. Life on the Plantations: Indentured Indians in South Africa and Fiji, 1860-1917 Archana Kumari\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stories of Girmitiyas: Folklore and Socio-Cultural World of Indentured Indians in the Sugar Colonies Ashutosh Kumar\u003cbr\u003e 4. The 'Ageing' Traces of Female Bhojpuri Migrants in Suriname Sarojini Lewis\u003cbr\u003e 5. Girmityas and the Story of Salt behind the Sugar Bobby Luthra Sinha\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Afterlives: 6. Sanctions for Citizenship: Indians Overseas and Imperial Reciprocity Heena Mistry\u003cbr\u003e 7. 100 Years after Indenture: The Present Generation of Indo-Trinbagonians and Their Cultural Environments Satnarine Balkaransingh\u003cbr\u003e 8. Emigration Against Caste and the Globalization of Castelessness Gajendran Ayyathurai\u003cbr\u003e 9. Memory, Nostalgia and Reality: A Socio-historical Perspective of Culture and Education in the Grey Street Complex Tashmica Sharma\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rooting History: Indian Indenture in South Africa and the Sultan of many journeys Goolam Vahed and Ashwin Desai\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":52501394850072,"sku":"9781009342612","price":64.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009342612i.jpg?v=1786235305","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/girmitiyas-and-the-global-indian-diaspora-origins-memories-and-identity-hardback-9781009342612","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}