First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In this original work James Duncan explores the transformation of Ceylon during the mid-nineteenth century into one of the most important coffee growing regions

Explores the relations of power and production that structured the course of plantation agriculture and the lives of those drawn into its field of force

This book unfolds the story of the indenture system within the British Empire, with India as the 'mother country' of coolies.