Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Photographs
1 Introduction
1.1 Prelude to the Arrival of Indians: A Brief Social History of Trinidad
1.2 Understanding the Making of a Girmitiya Diaspora
1.3 Metamorphosis as an Analytical Device
References
2 Indentured Migration to Trinidad: Recruitment, Journey, and Life in the Estate
2.1 Recruitment of Labourers
2.1.1 The System
2.1.2 Catchment Area
2.1.3 The Push to Emigration
2.2 The Passage
2.2.1 Emigration Depot
2.2.2 The Ships

2.2.3 The Voyage
2.2.4 The Arrival
2.3 Life in the Estate
References
3 Settlement and Community Formation
3.1 The Evolution of a Girmitiya Diasporic Community
3.1.1 Population: The Settlers
3.1.2 Land: The Settlements
3.1.3 Economic Activities: The Material Basis for Settlement
3.2 Village Community
References
4 Ethnicity and Ethnic Mobilisation
4.1 Resistance, Racial Animosity, and Cultural Resilience
4.1.1 Resistance and Struggle
4.1.2 Racial Animosity and Ethnicity
4.1.3 Cultural Resilience and Ethnicity

4.2 Representation of Ethnic Interests: Leadership, Associations, and the Print Media
4.2.1 Village Community, Panchayats, and Local Leadership
4.2.2 Ethnic Organisations and National Leadership
4.2.3 The Early Indian Print Media
4.3 Indians and the Labour Struggles, 1919-1939 and Beyond
References
5 Elections and the Politicisation of Race and Ethnicity
5.1 Introduction of Universal Adult Suffrage
5.2 The Run Up to Independence
5.3 The First Two Decades of Independence, 1961-1981
5.4 The Alliance Experiment, 1981-1991
5.5 Panday's Pathway to Power, 1991-1995