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Author:

Boodhoo, Raj, author.

Title:

Health, disease and Indian immigrants in nineteenth century Mauritius / Raj Boodhoo.

Publisher:

Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiii, 15-356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Subject:

Public health--Mauritius--History--19th century.
Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
Social history--19th century.
Minorities--Mauritius--History--19th century.
Emigration and Immigration--history.
Social Conditions--history.
Minority Groups--history.
Public health.
Mauritius--History.
Mauritius.
History.
Informational works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-350) and index.

Contents:

British rule, Indian immigration and healthcare: a short historiography -- Spatial organisation, development and labour -- Disease during the nineteenth century -- Immigration and government control -- From India to Mauritius -- Immigration and epidemics -- Malaria: the scourge of the colony -- Mid century legislation: health and labour laws -- Reform plans for the welfare of Indians -- Labour and health regulations of 1878: the aftermath -- Indian settlement and the end of indenture -- The end of the century: constraints and progress -- Traditional and Western medicine -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

9990388105
9789990388107

OCLC:

(OCoLC)698081923

LCCN:

2017321945

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)