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The Javanese of New Caldonia
The story of how almost 20,000 Javanese were taken to New Caledonia between 1896 and 1949 on five-year labour contracts is a little-known part of the colonial history of the Southeast Asian region. Among other things it is a story of the tension between the cultural hybridity that results when populations move, or are moved, and adapt to new surroundings, and notions of ethnic cohesion in the diaspora.
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Publication title
Departing from Java: Javanese Labour, Migration and DiasporaEditors
R Hoefte and P MeelPagination
82-102ISBN
978-87-7694-245-8Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
NIAS PressPlace of publication
CopenhagenExtent
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