Anderson, Clare, 1969-. (2008) The politics of punishment in colonial Mauritius, 1766-1887. Cultural & Social History, Vol.5 (No.4). pp. 411-422. ISSN 1478-0038

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Abstract

The history of imprisonment in British colonial Mauritius is intertwined with its political economy, most especially the relationship between metropolitan government and plantation owners. Whether labour was predominantly enslaved, apprenticed or indentured, incarceration was part of a broader process through which the regulation of the colonial workforce was taken from the private to the public sphere and became associated with economic development. Nevertheless, prisoners both challenged and used prison regimes as vehicles for the improvement of their lives. Mauritian jails were intensely political arenas in which the changing nature of colonial relations and the regulation of labour was both expressed and contested.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Prisons -- Mauritius, Indenture, Correctional institutions -- Mauritius
Journal or Publication Title:	Cultural & Social History
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
ISSN:	1478-0038
Date:	December 2008
Volume:	Vol.5
Number:	No.4
Page Range:	pp. 411-422
Identification Number:	10.2752/147800408X341622
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/465

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