L'appropriation foncière par les Indiens à La Réunion des années 1850 à 1897 à la lumière du discours sur la Fortune du Thirukkural

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des années 1850 à 1897 à la lumière du discours sur la Fortune du Thirukkural

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Prosper Ève. L’appropriation foncière par les Indiens à La Réunion des années 1850 à 1897 à la

lumière du discours sur la Fortune du Thirukkural. Colloque international ”Thirukkural, éthique et

représentations : La Vertu, la Fortune et l’Amour”, Université de La Réunion; INALCO, Apr 2016,

Saint Denis, La Réunion. pp.47–57. �hal-02087341�

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73 Tirouvallouvar, Ier av. J.C, Tiroukkoural, traduit du tamoul par Mootoocomaren-Sangeelee, Editions de l’Océan indien. Presses de l’ASHRAM de SRI Aurobindo, Pondichéry, Inde, 1988, 263p., p.53.

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76 ADR, 4 Q 2245, Acte n°2245.

77 Les deux mémoires de master rédigés sous notre direction sur cette question pour l’arrondissement au vent nous ont permis de vérifier nos propres données statistiques. Il s’agit de ceux de : Sylvain Poilbouc, « L’appropriation foncière des engagés indiens dans l’arrondissement au vent (1848-1882) », Université de La Réunion, 2010 et Loïc Olivier Henriette, « L’intégration des engagés par la propriété foncière dans l’arrondissement au vent de l’île de La Réunion de 1882 à 1897 », Université de La Réunion, 2013. .

78 Sully-Santa Govindin, Les engagés indiens, Azalées Editions, Saint-Denis, 1994, p.106 79Sully-Santa Govindin,Les engagés indiens, id., p.108

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80 Xavier Le Terrier, « Entre croissance et crise : L’agriculture cannière et l’industrie sucrière à La Réunion au cours de la seconde moitié du XIXème siècle (1848-1914) », Thèse de doctorat, Université de La Réunion, p.809.

81 ADR, 4 Q 986 à 1064 et 4 Q 2202 à 2273.

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84 Ou Pandjangam, éphémérides qui donnent les caractéristiques générales d’une année et de chaque moment important de la vie en fonction de données astrologiques telles que la position, le mouvement et l’influence des astres.

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