'Restoring the Family': Wife Murders and the Making of a Sexual Contract for Indian Immigrant Labour in the British Caribbean Colonies, 1860-1920

Acknowledgement: I am thankful to Madhavan K. Palat for suggesting to me the importance of the theme. Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the Program in Agrarian Studies colloquium at Yale University and at a seminar at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. I am grateful to the participants of these seminars for their useful comments. Thanks are due to Catherine Le Grand and Ricardo Salvatore for their incisive comments