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The Girmitiya peasants in Suriname : agrarian and economic transformations in a plantation society / Ruben Gowricharn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gowricharn, Ruben S., 1952- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Miskend Verleden. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Suriname--History--19th century.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture--Suriname--History--20th century.
- Rice farming--Suriname--History--19th century.
- Rice farming.
- Rice farming--Suriname--History--20th century.
- East Indians--Suriname.
- East Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 287 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, 2024.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Peasants in Girmitiya scholarship
- Part I: From rural dweller to plantation labourer
- Chapter 2. Migration and agrarian human capital
- Chapter 3. Labourers on the plantations
- Chapter 4. An embryonic ethnic community
- Part II: From labourer to peasant
- Chapter 5. The rise of rice peasants
- Chapter 6. Homemaking in Suriname
- Chapter 7. Ruralisation policy
- Part III: From peasant to urban dweller
- Chapter 8. The mechanisation of rice farming
- Chapter 9. Ethnic and economic politics
- Chapter 10. The transition of rice farmers
- Conclusion: Transformations of the Girmitiya peasantry.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 29, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9783031679612
- 303167961X
- Publisher Number:
- 90100410744
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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