Race, tea and colonial resettlement : imperial families, interrupted /

In the early 20th century, the 'problem' of interracial relations between British colonials and natives was a hotly debated topic in British India. One Scottish missionary's solution was to isolate and raise the mixed-race children of British tea planters and local women in an institu...

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Main Author: McCabe, Jane (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Origin Narrative
  • Section 1. India : Separations
  • 2. Assam Tea Plantation Families
  • 3. St. Andrew's Colonial Homes
  • Section 2. New Zealand : Resettlement
  • 4. 1910s : Pathway to a Settler Colony
  • 5. 1920s : Working the Permit System
  • 6. 1930s : Decline and Discontinuance
  • Section 3. Transnational Families
  • 7. Independence
  • 8. Reunion
  • 9. Conclusion.