Foreword / Victor V. Ramraj -- Prologue: Archives, paper regimes, and mobility / Uma Dhupeli-Meshtrie -- Part 1. Impacts of indentured labor -- Gokhale, Polak, and the end of Indian indenture in South Africa, 1860-1911 / Goolam Vahed -- Imperial labor : labor, security, and the depoliticization of oil production in the Arabian Peninsula / Andrea Wright -- Legal discourse on "coolies" migration from India to the sugar colonies, 1837-1922 / Ashutosh Kumar Part 2. Law in migration histories -- Slavery, abolitionism, indentured labor : the problem of exit and the border between land and sea in colonial India / Riyad Koya -- Who is Asiatic? Drawing the boundary in the legal and political framing of Indian South Africans, 1860-1960 / Marina Martin -- Part 3. Historical biography -- Traknath Das : a global biography / Neilesh Bose -- Beyond the reach of empire : Pandurang Khankhoje's transit from British colonial subject to Mexican "naturalizado" (1924-1954) / Daniel Kent-Carrasco -- A woman of peace and calm : the story of Senthamani Govender / Devarakshanam Govinden -- Epilogue: Oceanic currents and wayward crossings / Renisa Mawani.
Summary:
"This collection explores how migrations across South Asia have shaped key aspects of globalization since the 1830s. With original research from colonial India, Fiji, Mexico, South Africa, North America and the Middle East, the essays explore indentured labour and its legacies, law as a site of regulation and historical biography. Showcasing a world history outside empire and nation, this book presents histories from below with global implications"-- Provided by publisher.
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