Richard B Allen
Author
Series
African studies volume 99
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Social and economic history 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...