Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)

Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)

History of the competition in the Indo-'Trinidadian community between the modern-'izing élite and the traditional élite. The first aspired to adapt the Indians to the political and cultural environment of a predominantly creole/Western society. The second wanted to preserve the existing cu...

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Main Author: Kelvin Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 1996-07-01
Series:NWIG
Subjects:
Trinidad and Tobago
British Indians
Ethnic History
Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3447
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Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)
NWIG
Trinidad and Tobago
British Indians
Ethnic History
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title Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)
title_short Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)
title_full Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)
title_fullStr Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)
title_full_unstemmed Conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing Indo-Trinidadian elites (1917-56)
title_sort conflict and collaboration : tradition and modernizing indo-trinidadian elites (1917-56)
publisher BRILL
series NWIG
issn 1382-2373
publishDate 1996-07-01
description History of the competition in the Indo-'Trinidadian community between the modern-'izing élite and the traditional élite. The first aspired to adapt the Indians to the political and cultural environment of a predominantly creole/Western society. The second wanted to preserve the existing culture and religion. Since the mid-1950s the traditional élite has achieved ascendancy at the mass level of Indo-Trinidadian community organization.
topic Trinidad and Tobago
British Indians
Ethnic History
url http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3447
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