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020 _a9780333761120
040 _cCUS
082 _a364.6821
_bAND/
245 0 _aConvicts in the Indian Ocean/
_bTransportation from South Asia to Mauritius, 1815-53
_cAnderson,Clare
250 _a1st.ed.
260 _aNew York:
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2000.
300 _a208
505 _a1. Introduction: Convict Labour and Colonial Expansion 2. The Most Desperate Characters in all India'? The Origins of Transportation in the South Asian Context 3. Punishment, Labour and Reform: the Organisation of the Convict Workforce 4. Violent and 'Everyday' Forms of Resistance: Convict Responses to Transportation 5. The Socio-economic Integration of Convicts 6. The End of Transportation and the Liberation of the Convicts Appendices A. Convict Ships Embarked for Mauritius B. Socio-economic Origins of the Convicts C. Convicts in Mauritius: Demographic Data
942 _cAC8