Mauritius: Political background
- European settlement and the slave economy (1638-1835)
- Sugar, indentured labour and their consequences (1835-1910)
- Socio-economic change and political conflict (1910-1945)
- The road to independence (1945-1968)
- Towards social democracy (1968-1982)
- Resurgent communalism and economic success (1982-1995)
- More communal coalitions and new socio-economic difficulties (1996-2005)
- Economic reform and recovery (2005-2010)