Elusive El Dorado - by Basdeo Mangru (Paperback)

About the Book

The Elusive El Dorado is a thoroughly researched collection of essays on the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean. This fascinating book focuses mainly on the indenture and post-indenture historical periods. It includes a list of emigrant ships, with dates of arrival that landed i...

Book Synopsis

The Elusive El Dorado is a thoroughly researched collection of essays on the Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean. This fascinating book focuses mainly on the indenture and post-indenture historical periods. It includes a list of emigrant ships, with dates of arrival that landed in Guyana from Calcutta and Madras. Indians interested in researching their roots will find this information invaluable.

Review Quotes

[This book] will fill in blanks and have an appeal to historians, educators and students, and concerned Guyanese to help form a holistic understanding of the humanity of our people in the Caribbean and Guyana in particular.

A well-researched book dealing with issues confronting East Indian immigrants as they sought to establish themselves in a new country.

Dr. Mangru's scholarship is marked by unfailing rigour and deep empathy.

About the Author

Basdeo Mangru is Associate Professor of History at York College, CUNY. Professor Mangru holds a Ph.D. in Caribbean / South Asian Studies from the University of London.