- Experts Contact
- For additional information contact Marcia Moxam-Comrie, Marketing Communications Office of Institutional Advancement, Rm 2H03 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. Jamaica, NY 11451 718-262-2354 (office)/ 718-262-2326 (fax) e-mail: mcomrie@york.cuny.edu
Mangru, Basdeo
Mangru, BasdeoAssociate Professor
History and Philosophy
- Areas of Expertise:
- Caribbean History
- Guyanese History
- Indian Immigration in the Caribbean
My main field of research focuses on the migration and conditions of indentured workers from the subcontinent of India to the Caribbean in the 19th and 20th century. It examines, inter alia, post-emancipation labor problems in the Caribbean, the reasons for Indian emigration overseas, the labor recruiting system, depot accommodation, conditions on the voyage, the iniquitous indenture system, labor resistance, race relations, the campaign for the abolition of indenture in India and the planters’ efforts to introduce additional Indian labor on a Colonization Scheme.
- Education:
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Degree Institution Field Dates PhD University of London History 1981 MA University of Guyana History 1976 BA University of Guyana History 1970
