Chalo Jahaji : on a journey through indenture in Fiji /

"It is a milestone in subaltern studies, a biographical journey penned by a living relic of the indentured experience and a scholar whose thoroughly interdisciplinary approach is a good example for the anthropologist, the sociologist or the economist who wish to see the proper integration of th...

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Main Author: Lal, Brij V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Girmit Connections / Brinsley Samaroo
  • Beginnings and Endings
  • Of Journeys and Transformations / Doug Munro
  • Return to Bahraich
  • The Odyssey of Indenture
  • A Journey Begins
  • Origins of the Girmitiyas
  • A Time to Move
  • Bound for the Colonies in 1905
  • The Voyage of the Leonidas
  • The Wreck of the Syria 1884
  • Murmurs of Dissent
  • Kunti's Cry
  • Veil of Dishonour
  • Hinduism Under Indenture
  • The Story of the Haunted Line
  • 'A Want of Care' / Glen Fowler
  • Death on Fiji Plantations / Nicole Duncan
  • Accidental Deaths / Anthony Cole
  • Naraini's Story / Jane Harvey
  • The Labasa Strike, 1907 / Matthew Ryan
  • Mr Tulsi's Store
  • Ben's Funeral
  • Sunrise on the Ganga.
  • Preliminary; Table of Contents; Girmit Connections
  • Brinsley Samaroo; Preface
  • Beginnings and Endings; 1. Of Journeys and Transformations: Brij V. Lal and the Study of Girmit
  • Doug Munro; 2. Return to Bahraich; 3. The Odyssey of Indenture; 4. A Journey Begins; 5. Origins of the Girmitiyas; 6. A Time to Move; 7. Bound for the Colonies in 1905; 8. The Voyage of the Leonidas; 9. The Wreck of the Syria, 1884; 10. Murmurs of Dissent; 11. Kunti's Cry; 12. Veil of Dishonour; 13. Hinduism Under Indenture; 14. The Story of the Haunted Line.
  • 15. 'A Want of Care': Death and Disease on Fiji Plantations, 1800-1900
  • Glenn Fowler16. Death On Fiji Plantations, 1900-1909
  • Nicole Duncan; 17. Accidental Deaths on Fiji Plantations, 1879-1916
  • Anthony Cole; 18. Naraini's Story
  • Jane Harvey; 19. The Labasa Strike, 1907
  • Matthew Ryan; 20. Mr Tulsi's Store; 21. Ben's Funeral; 22. Sunrise on the Ganga; Map of India; Map of Fiji; Appendix; Tables and Figures; Sources; Books authored or edited by Brij V. Lal; Index.