A New Comprehensive History Of Mauritius From British Mauritius To The 21st Century

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A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius Volume 2

Author : Sydney Selvon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781480168442
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius Volume 2 written by Sydney Selvon and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of Sydney Selvon's "A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius" takes the reader on an epic journey covering the historical evolution of the island-nation from the time its first modern Parliament was created in 1886-87 to date. No other book in the 21st century gives such a detailed account of the island's history and its environmental evolution, plus historical accounts and photograhic documents of the Outer Islands of Mauritius. The two volumes reveal numerous historical truths, many of which, in modern times, were, according to the author, concealed by the country's political leadership as was the case regarding the Chagos/Diego Garcia affair.

A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius Volume 2

Author : Sydney Selvon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781973177241
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius Volume 2 written by Sydney Selvon and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of "A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius" starts following the birth of the modern Mauritian Parliament in 1885-1886 and ends with year 2017 when Mauritius faced the new, daunting challenges of the 21st century to its democratic system and with regard with widespread corruption and environmental threats, as well as acute drug consumption and trafficking issues. From the second half of the 20th century, however, Mauritius progressed from dire poverty to the status of an upper middle income country and achieved an economic miracle in the 1980s and the construction of a highly successful Cybercity in the first decade of the 21st century. Sydney Selvon unveils even the hidden truths of the history of the Mauritian nation which is not just one of plush, world-class holiday resorts.

A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius Volume 2

Author : Sydney Selvon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781977761293
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book A New Comprehensive History of Mauritius Volume 2 written by Sydney Selvon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is volume 2 of a three-part comprehensive history of Mauritius from prehistory to present times. Author Sydney Selvon, has added in this 2nd edition a history of private enterprise in Mauritius throughout the centuries and recalls the major role of private enterprise in the famous Mauritius Economic Miracle in the 1970s, another one that started with the radical 1982-83 budgetary reform and the formidable success of the setting up of a financial centre and the Ebene Cybercity during the first five years of the 21st century, from 2000 to 2005, a boost to IT industries and job creation. The 20th century started with major environmental concerns for the small island-nation of about 1.26 million people and in 2017, the economy of the country was beset by major deficits, corruption, drug trafficking and other evils, although the country had reached the status of an upper middle income country according to the World Bank from the turn of the 20th century.

Slavery, Indenture and the Law

Author : Nandini S. Boodia-Canoo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000832848
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Slavery, Indenture and the Law written by Nandini S. Boodia-Canoo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses historical issues of colonialism and race, which influenced the formation of multicultural society in Mauritius. During the 19th century, Mauritius was Britain’s prime sugar-producing colony, yet, unlike the West Indies, its history has remained significantly under-researched. The modern demographic of multi-ethnic Mauritius is unusual as, in the absence of an indigenous people, descendants of colonists, slaves and indentured labourers constitute the majority of the island’s population today. Thus, it may be said that the Mauritian nation was "assembled" during the period in question. This work draws on an in-depth examination of the two labour systems through which the island came to be populated: slavery and indenture. In studying the relevant laws, four legal events of historical importance within the context of these two labour systems are identified: the abolition of the slave trade, the abolition of slavery, private indentured labour migration and state-regulated indenture. This book is notable in that it presents a legal analysis of core historical events, thus straddling the line between two disciplines, and covers both slavery and indentured labour in Mauritian history. Mauritius, as an originally uninhabited island, presents a rare case study for inquiries into colonial legacies, multiculturalism and race consciousness. The book will be a valuable resource to scholars worldwide in the fields of slavery, indenture and the legal apparatus of forced labour.

War and Empire in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean

Author : A. Jackson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403919542
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book War and Empire in Mauritius and the Indian Ocean written by A. Jackson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-08-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By examining Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, this unique synthesis of imperial and naval/military history, reveals the depths of colonial involvement in the Second World War and the role of colonies in British strategic planning from the eighteenth century. In the century of total war, the British Empire was fully mobilized. The Mauritian home front became regimented, troops were recruited for service overseas, the Eastern fleet guarded the Indian Ocean, and Mauritius became a base for SOE operations and intelligence-gathering for Bletchley.

Citizenship, Belonging, and Political Community in Africa

Author : Emma Hunter
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821445936
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Citizenship, Belonging, and Political Community in Africa written by Emma Hunter and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa, it is often said, is suffering from a crisis of citizenship. At the heart of the contemporary debates this apparent crisis has provoked lie dynamic relations between the present and the past, between political theory and political practice, and between legal categories and lived experience. Yet studies of citizenship in Africa have often tended to foreshorten historical time and privilege the present at the expense of the deeper past. Citizenship, Belonging, and Political Community in Africa provides a critical reflection on citizenship in Africa by bringing together scholars working with very different case studies and with very different understandings of what is meant by citizenship. By bringing historians and social scientists into dialogue within the same volume, it argues that a revised reading of the past can offer powerful new perspectives on the present, in ways that might also indicate new paths for the future. The project collects the works of up-and-coming and established scholars from around the globe. Presenting case studies from such wide-ranging countries as Sudan, Mauritius, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ethiopia, the essays delve into the many facets of citizenship and agency as they have been expressed in the colonial and postcolonial eras. In so doing, they engage in exciting ways with the watershed book in the field, Mahmood Mamdani’s Citizen and Subject. Contributors: Samantha Balaton-Chrimes, Frederick Cooper, Solomon M. Gofie, V. Adefemi Isumonah, Cherry Leonardi, John Lonsdale, Eghosa E.Osaghae, Ramola Ramtohul, Aidan Russell, Nicole Ulrich, Chris Vaughan, and Henri-Michel Yéré.

Transition from Slavery in Zanzibar and Mauritius

Author : Teelock, Vijayalakshmi
Publisher : CODESRIA
ISBN 13 : 2869786808
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Transition from Slavery in Zanzibar and Mauritius written by Teelock, Vijayalakshmi and published by CODESRIA. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comparative history of slavery and the transition from slavery to free labour in Zanzibar and Mauritius, within the context of a wider comparative study of the subject in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds. Both countries are islands, with roughly the same size of area and populations, a common colonial history, and both are multicultural societies. However, despite inhabiting and using the same oceanic space, there are differences in experiences and structures which deserve to be explored. In the nineteenth century, two types of slave systems developed on the islands – while Zanzibar represented a variant of an Indian Ocean slave system, Mauritius represented a variant of the Atlantic system – yet both flourished when the world was already under the hegemony of the global capitalist mode of production. This comparison, therefore, has to be seen in the context of their specific historical conjunctures and the types of slave systems in the overall theoretical conception of modes of production within which they manifested themselves, a concept that has become unfashionable but which is still essential. The starting point of many such efforts to compare slave systems has naturally been the much-studied slavery in the Atlantic region which has been used to provide a paradigm with which to study any type of slavery anywhere in the world. However, while Mauritian slavery was 100 per cent colonial slavery, slavery in Zanzibar has been described as ‘Islamic slavery’. Both established plantation economies, although with different products, Zanzibar with cloves and Mauritius with sugar, and in both cases, the slaves faced a potential conflictual situation between former masters and slaves in the post-emancipation period.

The Mauritian Paradox

Author : Ramola Ramtohul
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9990373507
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Mauritian Paradox written by Ramola Ramtohul and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2018-04-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking of Mauritius as an economic miracle has become a clich, and with good reason: Its development since Independence in 1968 can easily be narrated as a rags-to-riches story. In addition, it is a stable democracy capable of containing the conflict potential inherent in its complex ethnic and religious demography. This book brings together some of the finest scholarship, domestic as well as foreign, on contemporary Mauritius, offering perspectives from constitutional law, cultural studies, sociology, archaeology, economics, social anthropology and more. While celebrating the indisputable, and impressive, achievements of the Mauritian nation on its fiftieth birthday, this book is far from toothless. Looking back inevitably implies looking ahead, and in order to do so, critical self-scrutiny is essential, to be able to learn from the mistakes of the past. The contributors raise fundamental questions concerning a broad range of issues, from the dilemmas of multiculturalism to the marginal role of women in public life, from the question of constitutional reform and the continued problem of corruption to the slow destruction of Mauritius joy and pride, namely the beauty and purity of its natural scenery. Taking stock of the first fifty years, this book also looks ahead to the next fifty years, giving some cues as to where Mauritius can and should aim in the next decades.

Mauritius

Author : Allister Macmillan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Mauritius written by Allister Macmillan and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Introduction to Mauritius

Author : Gilad James, PhD
Publisher : Gilad James Mystery School
ISBN 13 : 6189654312
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Mauritius written by Gilad James, PhD and published by Gilad James Mystery School. This book was released on with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mauritius is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. The country is known for its beautiful beaches, unique wildlife, and diverse culture. The countryâs capital city is Port Louis, and the population is estimated to be around 1.3 million people. The island was first discovered by the Arabs in the 10th century and has since been occupied by the Dutch, French, and British. The country gained independence in 1968 and has since become one of the most stable and prosperous nations in Africa. The economy of Mauritius is predominantly based on tourism, manufacturing, and services. The country is also known for its strong democratic government and has a mixed population of Indian, African, Chinese, and European people, leading to a vibrant cultural scene with a unique blend of different traditions and customs.

Waves Across the South

Author : Sujit Sivasundaram
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022679055X
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Waves Across the South written by Sujit Sivasundaram and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of tides and coastlines, winds and waves, islands and beaches. It is also a retelling of indigenous creativity, agency, and resistance in the face of unprecedented globalization and violence. Waves Across the South shifts the narrative of the Age of Revolutions and the origins of the British Empire; it foregrounds a vast southern zone that ranges from the Arabian Sea and southwest Indian Ocean across to the Bay of Bengal, and onward to the South Pacific and the Tasman Sea. As the empires of the Dutch, French, and especially the British reached across these regions, they faced a surge of revolutionary sentiment. Long-standing venerable Eurasian empires, established patterns of trade and commerce, and indigenous practice also served as a context for this transformative era. In addition to bringing long-ignored people and events to the fore, Sujit Sivasundaram opens the door to new and necessary conversations about environmental history, the consequences of historical violence, the legacies of empire, the extraction of resources, and the indigenous futures that Western imperialism cut short. The result is nothing less than a bold new way of understanding our global past, one that also helps us think afresh about our shared future.

Silent Winds, Dry Seas

Author : Vinod Busjeet
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0385547021
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Silent Winds, Dry Seas written by Vinod Busjeet and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • A sweeping debut novel that explores the intimate struggle for independence and success of a young descendant of Indian indentured laborers in Mauritius, a small multiracial island in the Indian Ocean. "The beauty of Busjeet's splendid, often breathtaking book is, like the best stories of journeys to young adulthood, the precious and well-observed and heartbreaking details of day-to-day life." --Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Known World In the 1950s, Vishnu Bhushan is a young boy yet to learn the truth beyond the rumors of his family's fractured histories--an alliance, as his mother says, of two bankrupt families. In evocative chapters, the first two decades of Vishnu's life in Mauritius unfolds with heart wrenching closeness as he battles to experience the world beyond, and the cultural, political, and familial turmoil that hold on to him. Through gorgeous and precise language, Silent Winds, Dry Seas conjures the spirit and rich life of Mauritius, even as its diverse peoples live under colonial rule. Weaving the soaring hopes, fierce love, and heart-breaking tragedies of Vishnu's proud Mauritian family together with his country's turbulent path to gain independence, Busjeet masterfully evokes the epic sweep of history in the intimate moments of a boy's life. Silent Winds, Dry Seas is a poetic, powerful, and universal novel of identity and place, of the legacies of colonialism, of tradition, modernity, and emigration, and of what a family will sacrifice for its children to thrive.

Lost Land of the Dodo

Author : Anthony Cheke
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408108828
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Lost Land of the Dodo written by Anthony Cheke and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles. Evolving on these isolated volcanic islands in the absence of mammalian predators or competitors, the land was dominated by giant tortoises, parrots, skinks and geckos, burrowing boas, flightless rails & herons, and of course (in Mauritius) the Dodo. Uninhabited and only discovered in the 1500s, colonisation by European settlers in the 1600s led to dramatic changes in the ecology of the islands; the birds and tortoises were slaughtered indiscriminately while introduced rats, cats, pigs and monkeys destroyed their eggs, the once-extensive forests logged, and invasive introduced plants from all over the tropics devastated the ecosystem. The now-familiar icon of extinction, the Dodo, was gone from Mauritius within 50 years of human settlement, and over the next 150 years many of the Mascarenes' other native vertebrates followed suit. The product of over 30 years research by Anthony Cheke, Lost Land of the Dodo provides a comprehensive yet hugely enjoyable account of the story of the islands' changing ecology, interspersed with human stories, the islands' biogeographical anomalies, and much else. Many French publications, old and new, especially for Réunion, are discussed and referenced in English for the first time. The book is richly illustrated with maps and contemporary illustrations of the animals and their environment, many of which have rarely been reprinted before. Illustrated box texts look in detail at each extinct vertebrate species, while Julian Hume's superb colour plates bring many of the extinct birds to life. Lost Land of the Dodo provides the definitive account of this tragic yet remarkable fauna, and is a must-read for anyone interested in islands, their ecology and the history of our relationship with the world around us.

The Mauritian Novel

Author : Julia Waters
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1786949490
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book The Mauritian Novel written by Julia Waters and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses how the idea – or the problem - of belonging is articulated in a range of contemporary francophone Mauritian novels. Waters explores how forms of affective belonging intersect with the exclusionary ‘politics of belonging’ in novels by Nathacha Appanah, Ananda Devi, Shenaz Patel, Bertrand de Robillard, Amal Sewtohul and Carl de Souza.

Rethinking Readiness

Author : Jeff Schlegelmilch
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231548877
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Readiness written by Jeff Schlegelmilch and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also heightened the potential for catastrophe. The constant pressure of climate change, geopolitical conflict, and our tendency to ignore what is hard to grasp exacerbates potential dangers. How can we prepare for and prevent the twenty-first-century disasters on the horizon? Rethinking Readiness offers an expert introduction to human-made threats and vulnerabilities, with a focus on opportunities to reimagine how we approach disaster preparedness. Jeff Schlegelmilch identifies and explores the most critical threats facing the world today, detailing the dangers of pandemics, climate change, infrastructure collapse, cyberattacks, and nuclear conflict. Drawing on the latest research from leading experts, he provides an accessible overview of the causes and potential effects of these looming megadisasters. The book highlights the potential for building resilient, adaptable, and sustainable systems so that we can be better prepared to respond to and recover from future crises. Thoroughly grounded in scientific and policy expertise, Rethinking Readiness is an essential guide to this century’s biggest challenges in disaster management.

Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius

Author : Richard B. Allen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521641258
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Slaves, Freedmen and Indentured Laborers in Colonial Mauritius written by Richard B. Allen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-10-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging social and economic history of the island of Mauritius, from French colonization in 1721 to the beginnings of modern political life in the colony in the mid-1930s, Richard Allen brings out the importance of domestic capital formation, particularly in the sugar industry. He describes the changing relationship between different elements in the society - slave, free and maroon, and East Indian indentured populations - and shows how these were conditioned by demographic changes, world markets and local institutions. Based on thorough archival research, and thoroughly attuned to contemporary debates, this 1999 book will bring the Mauritian case to the attention of scholars engaged in the comparative study of slavery and plantation systems.

The Mauritius Command

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393037043
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Mauritius Command written by Patrick O'Brian and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Maturin brings Captain Jack Aubrey secret orders to lead an expedition against the French islands of Mauritius and La Reunion, but the conduct of two of his own officers threatens the success of the mission.