Abstract
Abstract: In this essay I compare cartographic and archaeological records to explore the landesque capital of long-term residents in two Danish colonial enclaves, Tharangambadi (Tranquebar) in present day Tamil Nadu and St. John in present day US Virgin Islands. While we tend to think of "infrastructure" as a modern phenomenon, one that comes into being with the emergence of modern technologies, administrations, financial systems, and social structures—not to mention global empires—much of the infrastructure in colonies was built on existing infrastructures created by long-term, local residents, Indigenous peoples, and in the case of the Caribbean, refined further by enslaved populations.
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