Download or read book Seychelles Since 1770 written by Deryck Scarr and published by C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Seychelles, this volume traces its periods of colonization by France and Britain, the immobile years of the 20th century, the granting of independence in 1976, and the social changes precipitated by tourism in the late-1990s.