Institute of Commonwealth Studies
The abolition of slavery was the
catalyst for the arrival of the first Indian
indentured labourers into the sugar colonies of
Mauritius (1834), Guyana (1838) and Trinidad (1845),
followed some years later by the
inception of the system in South Africa (1860)
and Fiji (1879). By the time indenture was abolished in the British Empire
(1917–20), over one million Indians had been
contracted, the
overwhelming majority of whom never returned to
India. Today, an Indian indentured labour diaspora is
to be found in Commonwealth countries
including Belize, Kenya, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the Seychelles.
Indenture, whereby individuals entered, or were coerced, into an agreement to work in a colony in return for a fixed...
Contemporary development debates in Latin America are marked by the pursuit of economic growth, technological improvement and poverty reduction, and are overshadowed by growing concerns about the preservation of the environment and human rights. This collection’s multidisciplinary perspective links local, national, regional and transnational levels of inquiry into the interaction of state and non-state actors involved in promoting or opposing natural resource development. Taking this approach allows the book to contemplate the complex panorama of competing visions, concepts and interests grounded in the mutual influences and interdependencies which shape the contemporary arena of social-environmental conflicts in the region.
