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Wednesday 22 March 2006
16:30
E-4
LAT05
Global Labour and Commodity Production
Room E
Increasing or decreasing inequality: social and economic factors affecting growth patterns in developed and developing countries in the 20th century
Norbert Ortmayr : Demographic changes in 19th and 20th century Trinidad The paper will summarize the most important demographic changes in Trinidad and in Tobago between emancipation (1834/38) and independence 1962. Among others I will focus on: * growth and distribution of the population * immigration of East Indian indentured labourers between 1845 and 1917 * patterns of emigration after 1880 * mortality decline after ... (Show more) The paper will summarize the most important demographic changes in Trinidad and in Tobago between emancipation (1834/38) and independence 1962. Among others I will focus on:
* growth and distribution of the population * immigration of East Indian indentured labourers between 1845 and 1917 * patterns of emigration after 1880 * mortality decline after 1838 * fertility levels 1838-1962 In the paper I will look for links between demography and *commodity production and colonial labor policy (demand for labor in the booming and labor intensive sugar economy of Trinidad and large scale immigration of indentured labourers from India 1845-1917; etc) *public health measures of the British colonial government (anti-malaria programms, etc.) (Show less) Willem Van Schendel : Blue Feet: Indigo Producers in India (1800-1860) In the late 18th century India suddenly emerged as the main producer of indigo (the blue dyestuff) for the world market, a position it would retain throughout the 19th century. This paper looks at the factors that allowed indigo cultivation and production to establish themselves in the social and economic ... (Show more) In the late 18th century India suddenly emerged as the main producer of indigo (the blue dyestuff) for the world market, a position it would retain throughout the 19th century. This paper looks at the factors that allowed indigo cultivation and production to establish themselves in the social and economic milieu of northeast India, and the reasons for the remarkable economic success of this new cash crop despite continual producer resistance. (Show less)
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