1. Introduction; 2. Creating a garden of sugar: land, labor and capital, 1721–1936; Part I. Labor and Labor Relations: 3. A state of continual disquietude and hostility: maroonage and slave labor, 1721–1835; 4. Indentured labor and the legacy of maroonage: illegal absence; desertion, and vagrancy, 1835–1900; Part II. Land and the Mobilization of Domestic Capital: 5. Becoming an appropriated people: the rise of the free population of color, 1729–1830; 6. The general desire to possess land: ex-apprentices and the post-emancipation era, 1839–51; 7. The regenerators of agricultural prosperity: Indian immigrants and their descendants, 1834–1936; 8. Conclusion.
A social and economic history of Mauritius of interest to scholars of slavery and plantation systems, first published in 1999.
"Presents a history of slaves, freedmen, and indentured laborers in colonial Mauritius, exploring the role these populations played in shaping the Mauritian experience." Journal of Economic Literature "This is an excellent book and a genuine contribution to the history of slavery, sugar, and the European tropical economies." International Journal of African Historical Studies "It is an important book, and one that deserves wide readership by all those engaged in the study and research of plantation economies and the nature and impact of labor migration within the British Empire. Clare Anderson, Historian "meticulous study of labor, capital and social relations, ...Admirably interdisciplinary in scope...Allen has established an irrevocable milestone for the study of colonial economic and plantation societies" Amer His Rev
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