Coolie Woman The Odyssey of Indenture

Name: Coolie Woman The Odyssey of Indenture
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ISBN: 9780226211381

ISBN-10: 022621138X

ISBN-13: 9780226211381

Edition: 2014

Authors: Gaiutra Bahadur

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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. Now, in Coolie Woman, her great-granddaughter Gaiutra Bahadur embarks on a journey into the past to find her. Traversing three continents and trawling through countless colonial archives, Bahadur excavates not only her great-grandmother's story but also the repressed history of some quarter of a million other coolie women, shining a light on their complex lives.Shunned by society, and sometimes in mortal danger,…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.20" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English