Background
Scarr, Deryck Anthony was born on September 7, 1939 in Newbury, England. Son of Dennis Wilfred and Keturah Alberta (Josey) Scarr.
( When Britain seized the Indian Ocean islands of Mauriti...)
When Britain seized the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Bourbon and the later-settled satellite of Seychelles (collectively known as the Mascareignes) during the Napoleonic War, after outlawing the slave trade itself, it became a question whether the British anti-slave-trade statutes should be applied in the former French island. Enduring questions arose as to whether the new British administrators of Mauritius and Seychelles, who often became slave and plantation owners themselves, winked at the illegal slave trade and whether they were permitted to do so by the British government. This book is an in-depth study of slave plantations, law courts, and the illegal slave trade in the Southwest Indian Ocean.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312212119/?tag=2022091-20
(This is a survey of human history in the Pacific islands,...)
This is a survey of human history in the Pacific islands, from the beginnings of recorded time until the present day. To tell the story of humankind across the great expanse of the Pacific is a daunting task. This book considers how indigenous societies came to be established and the tales that native people told of that history. It goes on to describe their attempts to incorporate and then come to terms with Western influence. This book is designed to be of interest to undergraduate students of history and anthropology.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0732902096/?tag=2022091-20
Scarr, Deryck Anthony was born on September 7, 1939 in Newbury, England. Son of Dennis Wilfred and Keturah Alberta (Josey) Scarr.
Bachelor in History with honors, University Exeter, England, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in Pacific History, Australian National University, Canberra, 1965.
Research fellow Australian National University, Canberra, 1964-1968, fellow, 1968-1971, senior fellow, 1971-1997.
( When Britain seized the Indian Ocean islands of Mauriti...)
(This is a survey of human history in the Pacific islands,...)
(Book by Scarr, Deryck)
Married Marion Erasito, October 23, 1988. 1 child, Miranda Keturah Marietta.