Creoles, Indian Immigrants and the Restructuring of Society and Economy in Mauritius, 1767-1885

During the nineteenth century Mauritian society and economy experienced a series of profound changes. The inclusion of the former French colony into the British Empire in 1814 led to a major restructuring of the colony's economy. The abolition in 1825 of the preferential tariff on West Indian sugar entering Britain revolutionzed Mauritian agriculture. By the mid-1850s the fortunes of the colony's economy were linked irrevocably to those of sugar. The demand for labor caused by the rapid growth of the sugar industry, together with the abolition of slavery and the collapse of the apprenticeship system, led to the importation of more than 451,000 indentured laborers from India.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Allen, Richard Blair

• History, African

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8309903

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70483