This book seeks to enhance comparative understandings of ethnicity, to refine theories of nationalism, and to contribute to ongoing debates on multiculturalism, identity politics and creolization.

Thomas Hylland Eriksen Professor,Department and Museum of Anthropology, University of Oslo

CHAPTER ONE Introduction CHAPTER TWO Mauritius Past and Present CHAPTER THREE Fields and Levels of Mauritian Society CHAPTER FOUR Dimensions of Ethnicity CHAPTER FIVE Contested Symbols: Language and Religion CHAPTER SIX Cross-Cutting Ties: The Non-Ethnic CHAPTER SEVEN Mauritian Nationhoods, CHAPTER EIGHT The Mauritian Dilemma CHAPTER NINE Conclusions and Prospects