Transformative Mobilities and the Non-dit: Constructing Whiteness Across Two French Colonial Spaces

Between 1860 and 1890, several thousand migrants from Reunion Island settled in New Caledonia. Most were fleeing poverty after the collapse of the sugar industry. While local legend has it that these settlers comprised a handful of rich, white planters and a contingent of Indian coolies, recent rese...

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Main Author: Karin Elizabeth Speedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-09-01
Series:Open Library of Humanities
Online Access:https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4445/