University Press of America
Pages: 152
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-0-7618-3247-8 • Paperback • October 2005 • $52.99 • (£41.00)
Basdeo Mangru is Associate Professor of History at York College, CUNY. Professor Mangru holds a Ph.D. in Caribbean / South Asian Studies from the University of London.
Chapter 1 Map/Illustration
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Stifled at Birth: Private Emigration from the Bombay Presidency
Chapter 5 Disparity in Emigration from Calcutta and Madras
Chapter 6 Hook Swinging, the Fertility Ritual
Chapter 7 The Problem of Indian Wife Murders
Chapter 8 The Return Passage Entitlement
Chapter 9 Race Relations in the Indenture Period
Chapter 10 The Redoubtable Bechu
Chapter 11 C.V. Andrew, Impressions of British Guiana: An Analysis
Chapter 12 Appendices I-V
Chapter 13 Select Bibliography
Chapter 14 Index
A well-researched book dealing with issues confronting East Indian immigrants as they sought to establish themselves in a new country.
— Dr. Tyran Ramnarine
[This book] will fill in blanks and have an appeal to historians, educators and students, and concerned Guyanese to help form a holistic understanding of the humanity of our people in the Caribbean and Guyana in particular.
— Dr. Gary Girdhari
Dr. Mangru's scholarship is marked by unfailing rigour and deep empathy.
— Dr. Clem Seecharran