The Chinese in the West Indies, 1806-1995: A Documentary History

by Walton Look Lai

Book Overview

The Chinese in West Indies starts with an excellent introductory essay to place nineteenth-century Chinese immigration in its wider context: the worldwide Chinese migrations, the post-slavery Caribbean background, the contract labour schemes developed after emancipation . . . All the documents are well chosen, and together they deal with virtually every important aspect of the migration of Chinese people to the West Indies and their subsequent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9766400210
• ISBN13: 9789766400217
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"