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Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture
Coolie Woman The Odyssey of Indenture
Author: Gaiutra Bahadur
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 emba...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226211381
ISBN-10: 022621138X
Publication Date: 8/4/2014
Pages: 312
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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