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Bonded Labour
. Ed(S): Lindner, Ulrike; Tappe, Oliver; Zeuske, Michael
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Paperback. Editor(s): Lindner, Ulrike; Tappe, Oliver; Zeuske, Michael. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTS; JFFN; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalism's need for cheap, disposable labour. The famous 'coolie trade' - mainly Asian labourers transferred to French and British islands in the Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, as well as to Portuguese colonies in Africa - was one of the largest migration movements in global history. Indentured contract workers are perhaps the most revealing example of bonded labour in the grey area between the poles of chattel slavery and 'free' wage labour. This interdisciplinary volume addresses historically and regionally specific cases ... Read more
Parallel to the abolition of Atlantic slavery, new forms of indentured labour stilled global capitalism's need for cheap, disposable labour. The famous 'coolie trade' - mainly Asian labourers transferred to French and British islands in the Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, the Caribbean, the Americas, as well as to Portuguese colonies in Africa - was one of the largest migration movements in global history. Indentured contract workers are perhaps the most revealing example of bonded labour in the grey area between the poles of chattel slavery and 'free' wage labour. This interdisciplinary volume addresses historically and regionally specific cases ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837637335
SKU
V9783837637335
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Ref
99-2
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