Coolie woman : the odyssey of indenture /

Coolie woman : the odyssey of indenture /

"In 1903, a young woman sailed from India to Guiana as a 'coolie'--the British name for indentured laborers who replaced the newly emancipated slaves on sugar plantations all around the world. Pregnant and traveling alone, this woman, like so many coolies, disappeared into history. No...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bahadur, Gaiutra 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: India : Hachette book publishing, c2013
Edition:This edition published in 2015
Subjects:
1900 - 1999
Indentured servants > Guyana > History > 20th century.
Women slaves > Guyana > History > 20th century.
Women, East Indian > Guyana > Social conditions > 20th century.
English language.
Brahmans > Social conditions.
East Indian American women > Social conditions.
Indentured servants.
Slave labor.
Women foreign workers.
Women foreign workers > Social conditions.
Women slaves.
Guyana.
History.
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